Forever Yours, Ada.

-Chapter 9-

Ada's POV:

He didn't let go of my hand even after we entered the room. I would pay to watch the agony I saw on Issie's and Jay's faces again! I don't know why they fear Aidan when I can see how much they all care about each other.

"What are you doing here, Bhai?" Isra asked him as he pulled out my chair and helped me sit. Letting go of his hand made me feel instantly empty. His hands felt warm in my cold ones.

"Had a meeting", he replied gruffly, pulling a chair between Jay and me, sitting there. Jay smirked at him while he remained expressionless. Turning to me, he motioned at the dessert I had ordered, "I like them too." as if to explain why he sat there. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed to hear that.

The little devil on my shoulder mocked me, 'It is as if you expect every man to fall for you. Bitch, serves you right.'

Shushing the devil, I stared at him."Really? It's not a chocolate cake, you know." Doubt clouded my mind. That's the thing, cakes might look similar, but they all taste different. For example, this one looked a lot like a regular chocolate brownie, but it was–

"Yeah... I can see that they're sweet potato brownies." I could feel myself shooting Shin Chan's starry eyes his way. He liked them too!

Nodding, he passed me a tight-lipped small smile, "So Isra, I heard you are now part-time Seema Aunty?" He raised an eyebrow at Issie.

(Seema Aunty is an Indian matchmaker, it's a series on Netflix. P.S.: I haven't watched the series yet 😕.)

"Yeah, about that... "Clearing her throat, she straightened her back. With a new determination, she looked straight at Aidan as if she wasn't shivering just now, smirking. She challenged him, "So what? I am looking out for my best friend. Got a problem with it?" Oh boy! I saw sparks flying in the air. A chill ran down my spine. Peeking at Jay, I noticed he wanted Harry's invisibility cloak just as much as I did.

'Wanna leave?' I mouthed when our eyes met.

'Are you crazy? Wanna die or something?', He mouthed back.

True, but they couldn't continue like this when Isra was clearly in disfavour. "Ahem", I cleared my throat, and their heads snapped at me, paying complete attention to what I had to say, the flares from earlier extinct, as though they weren't there. Jay let out a huff at Aidan and shook his head. Pulling out his phone, he made himself busy with it.

"So, How's life, Aidan?" I asked him, shifting in my chair, my gaze averting to Aidan. He was frowning at me. I frowned back 'What's wrong now?' I put a piece of brownie on his plate

"Um.. yeah, it's fine." Still frowning, he looked away at the cake and stabbed it with his fork. There was an awkward silence soon after, which made me feel suffocated. Jay was first to break the silence as he stood up, "It was nice meeting you all, but I must take my leave now. Aysel, it was lovely meeting you today. I hope there will be a next time umm, with just two of us." covering the back of his neck.

"Jay-" I stopped as Aidan stood up abruptly, "You come with me." he dragged Jay out of the room. "Let us leave too?" Isra asked me. I nodded at her.

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I was waiting for my cab when a car honked. I tilted my head as the window rolled down, "What are you still doing here? Where is Lily?" Aidan asked me.

"Um.. she left a few minutes ago... her manager called consequently, she had to leave–" not letting me finish, he interrupted

"Get in the car, Ada," he said. Why is he always angry? I frowned but knew better than to argue with my best friend's brother, who always wanted to have his way.