CHAPTER 48

CANDICE

I rushed into the restaurant to meet with Maria, Aiden's mother.

I thought that I will have to reach out to her if I want to talk to her and get closer to her son. But to my greatest surprise, she was the one who reached out to me first and she told me that she wanted to see me.

I know that she doesn't mean anything about it. She's a really simple and stupid woman who is not capable of any tricks at all.

But just because she doesn't mean anything by her invitation doesn't mean that I am not going to take advantage of it. I'm going to use this as much as possible.

I walked over to her where she was seated in the restaurant.

"Hello Maria. How have you been doing?" I asked her while giving her a cheerful smile.

She took my hand in hers. "I've been fine. I'm sorry that I've not made the effort to see you in a few days. It's just that my husband and son seemed mad that you were at the house. I told them that you are just friend but judging from the history that you have with