✿ Aileen's POV
“I honestly canʼt wait to try the cream Danish. But also, I am very excited about the oatmeal raisin cookies and the kiwi lime pie.”
I chuckle as I listen to Chelsea go on and on about everything and nothing.
Reminds me of Jaime.
And I make a mental note to call the bakery before my tour with Reid.
I lean back on my seat, pressing into his chest and Reidʼs arm easily comes around me. He kisses the top of my head and I smile.
“Is she always like this?” I ask softly.
“Yep. Thatʼs Chels for you.”
“And does she always convince people to let her have her way?” I add, thinking back to how she managed to get me to make a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies and a kiwi lime pie along with the cream cheese Danish.
Reid chuckles.
“Oh yeah. She always gets her way... that one. Ever since we were kids. Makes sure of it. Says it's her survival strategy. Chelsea” his voice grows very soft in the end and it causes me to look up.
Reid was watching her differently, a small longing-like smile on his face. At first, I frown. Then when Iʼm about to act like the jealous bitch I know myself not to be, it hits me.
The only other person heʼs seriously dated aside from Anika!
“You dated her” it comes out before I can stop myself.
I feel Reid stir.
“What?”
I sit up and turn on the kitchen stool to face him.
“Chelsea. You dated her, didn’t you? Sheʼs the only other person youʼve seriously been with aside from Anika.”
“What?” his chuckle doesnʼt even come out as the intended chuckle and I arch an amused brow at him. “Donʼt give me that look” he frowns a little and I chuckle softly. “And you donʼt know whether it was serious or not.”
“Well yes. And Hernan refused to tell me anything but somehow I managed to get it didnʼt I?”
Reidʼs frown appears again.
“Hernan told you?”
“To ask you if I wanted to know who she was. He never gave me a name or anything. I just pieced it together... from the way you were looking... at her.”
“No, I was not looking at her in any way okay? Weʼre just friends. Childhood friends. I had a crush on her and acted upon it one summer when we were in middle school and it ended that same summer. Thatʼs it. I realized we both had different dreams and were incompatible as lovers and although it killed me for the rest of that summer, I got over it. Thatʼs it. Fin. The end. It started and ended that very summer. Nada mas (Nothing more)”
A short surprised laugh rushes out of me.
“Did you just speak Spa—”
Reid cuts me off with a kiss.
“What was that for?” I chuckle, breathing hard when he pulls away.
“For you to not forget that youʼre the only real woman for me. No one else, angel. I swear it to you.”
I am this close to uttering 'You donʼt owe me any explanations' when I stop and instead grab the sides of his face to kiss him again.
“Youʼre the only real man for me too, Armani. Only one” I whisper, making him grin from ear to ear.
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