Aiden's POV:
The drive to the office was quiet. Not the usual tense silence laced with irritation, but a different kind—something heavier, something charged. Alexia, for once, had nothing to say. No snarky remarks, no complaints, no dramatic sighs. Instead, she just sat there, staring out the window, her fingers absentmindedly brushing against her lips.
I gripped the wheel tighter, forcing my gaze to stay on the road. I knew exactly what she was thinking about—those damn kisses. Hell, I was thinking about them too. I hadn't meant to kiss her like that. The first one was supposed to be for show, just enough to make the media eat out of our hands, but the second?
The second was a mistake.
A mistake that still burned on my lips.
I exhaled sharply, pushing the thought away. It didn't matter. I had done what needed to be done, and judging by how the internet was already shifting the narrative, it had worked. That was all that mattered.