All Chapters of Surrogate Mother To A Contract Wife: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

AIDEN’S POV“I said take it off, or I’ll have that done myself!” I growled. The board meeting was insufferable enough without her pulling up such a stunt. Even worse, right in front of the other board members.I was still unsettled by the fact that I was to put up with her for the rest of the whole contract thing. And now I had to make small talk with a bunch of people I didn’t particularly care for.My eyes narrowed to the man who had just walked in. Anger slowly grew inside my head seeing that he’d walked into the board room with such aura. Making it quite obvious to the others that he’d lent her his coat.He turned out to be no one other than Dante. In the few years I’d known Dante, not a single one had passed without him inciting me to near murder. It was almost impressive on his part.A wicked smile slashed across Dante’s face when our eyes met. He wasn’t the only one who kept tabs on the people in the board circle. As an

AIDEN’S POV“I don't get why she didn't consult me before coming over,” I grumbled in my head. A nut loosened in my chest, as I watched her approach me. I forced a smile at her the minute she was up close and I couldn't help but suppress the anger I felt seeing that she was right in front of me.“Isn't this your lucky day?” My mother called out, with a smile creased on her face as she approached me.“Lucky day?” I asked, with my brows creased in confusion, staring back at her. Trying to understand what it was she meant.“Yes, my boy,” She responded.“Come, I have a few people ready to meet you,” My mother added.My eyebrows shot up at her words, wondering what she meant making me more than curious about getting to find out.“What's that?” I asked.“Come, come,” She added. Left with no choice, I followed suit from behind her with my hands shoved into the pockets of my pants.Just as I

Aiden’s POVI stood in the sweeping space of my office, taking in the view from below. The white walls closed in around me, the seeming emptiness only serving to haunt me. My office used to be the only place I felt at peace, at rest. This was because it had a calming emptiness to it, one which soothed my mind and shielded me from the garish colors of people, their wants, their needs - salty and ripe in the air. I closed my eyes and reached for the pen in my breast pocket. “Shit,” I muttered, hearing the deep echo of my voice. I was still trying to clear up the gossip floating around in the media and it was proving more than difficult. The words in the media, ‘Aiden’s bride-to-be’ felt  sweet, and I rolled it around in my mind until I started to taste it. ‘Oh, come on,’ I berated myself, edging back to the mahogany desk at the back of the room. A knock pulled my concentration from the image of Scarlett’s bronzed skin in my mi

Aiden’s POVScarlett looked rather surprised. “A dress?” “Oh, I don’t have the time for arguments. Take it, or leave it.” I knew her enough by now to know she would take the offer. It was something simple, other than the kiss I requested last time. Blood shifted in my body at the beginning of an erection as I thought about her lips on mine. A muscle flickered in her jaw and I watched her eyes set. “Fine, I’ll take it.” Before long, we were riding in my Mercedes, cutting through the traffic. The roof was open, letting the cold night air into the car. The wind blew her hair around, and I took a glimpse of her windswept cheeks. They were pink, just like the delicious color of her lips. I knew that Scarlett was no coward, and I realized that I should have let her handle the LaQua situation. From the first time we met, I knew that she was a strong-headed woman who took life by the horns. Also, she looked like the kind of person who didn't like to owe debts, c

Scarlett’s POVI knew that this was going to be a long night from when we stepped out in front of the restaurant. Aiden passed his keys to the valet and led me inside the place. It was beautiful, with low hanging chandeliers and golden lights. The maitre d’ met us at the door and offered to take Aiden’s coat but he declined. The waiter led us to our reservation at the back of the restaurant, just overlooking a lake. The moon was full in the skies, the night warm. Ordinarily, this would have been the perfect date night if I was with my boyfriend. But I was with Aiden Vilarez. This was the perfect place for a setup dinner to show the world that we were still a couple despite the scandal. Aiden pulled the chair for me to sit, and I might have thanked him for the gesture if it wasn’t so scripted. Aiden would have never done that on a normal day. He was the kind of person who had the world at his feet, and he didn’t need to be chivalrous. But this w