Mafia boss; Chasing the ice princess.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

Aiden tapped his fingers on the table impatiently. He and Marcel were waiting for Chloe.

Marcel rolled his eyes in frustration. "Dude. Calm down, we've been waiting for just five minutes. Be patient." Marcel said.

Aiden growled and was about to reply when a bell rang out and three women walked into the cafe.

Aiden grinned as he recognized Chloe there. Finally. Time to get my plan in motion.

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Chloe, Bree and Layla walked into the cafe where Chloe's meeting was supposed to hold.

Chloe had told Bree to come along because she (Bree) was her business manager. Layla had to come because she was obviously Chloe's secretary.

Chloe looked around when her eyes fell on Aiden who was staring at her. Chloe's mouth fell open as she quickly averted her gaze.

"What the hell is he doing here? No focus. You are here for a meeting. Forget you ever saw him." Chloe muttered to herself.

Almost immediately, Layla grinned.  "Oh.. there they are. Let me lead you guys over to them." Layla said walking forward while Chloe and Bree followed.

"I can't believe this. I heard that the CEO's of A&M are really hot. Gosh, I can't wait to see them." Bree gushed and Chloe rolled her eyes. The both of them didn't noticed where Layla was leading them to.

All at once, Layla stopped. Chloe and Bree looked up and Chloe gasped. Layla had led them to Aiden and Marcel's table.

"Good day ladies. Pleasure meeting you. My name is Aiden Thompson and this is Marcel Martinez." Aiden said standing.

Marcel followed his lead. "Nice meeting you." Marcel said.

Chloe and Bree just stared at them dumbfounded though for different reasons. Bree was surprised because they were handsome.. like Greek god handsome.

Chloe was surprised because it was Aiden. The Aiden Thompson. The one she told herself she would forget about.

Layla cleared her throat when she saw that neither Chloe nor Bree were saying anything. Both ladies broke out of their trance after hearing Layla.

Bree smiled and Chloe frowned. You think appearing out of nowhere will change anything? Well, no worries. I will just pretend like I don't know him... Because I don't really know him after all.

"Yes. Good day. I am Chloe Anderson and this is Bree Anderson. Please have your seats." Chloe said relishing the shock that appeared on Aiden's face.

Everyone, apart from Layla, took a seat. Chloe glanced at Layla. "You too. Sit down." Chloe mumnled to Layla and Layla nodded, sitting down.

The next few minutes was spent in an awkward silence as nobody said anything.

Marcel cleared his throat when he just saw Aiden staring at Chloe. Bree just looked amused.

Marcel frowned and decided to speak first.

"Okay. Since everyone refuses to speak, I guess I will just begin the meeting. We called this meeting today because~"

"~We know the reason you called the meeting." Bree said interrupting Marcel. Then she stared at Aiden. "I will appreciate it if you stopped staring at Miss Anderson and focus on the meeting. Thank you." Bree said barely keeping her annoyance out of her voice.

This seemed to snap Aiden out of whatever daze he was in. He cleared his throat awkwardly while Chloe just smirked.

"I apologize. So about the meeting. I think this partnership will benefit both of our companies." Aiden said and Chloe sat up. After all, she had come to the meeting to do business.

Bree nodded. "Could you please tell us the details of this partnership?" Bree said getting into business mode. Layla immediately brought out her notebook to take minutes.

"Easy. Your company provides adequate furniture for our chain of hotels. When we say furniture, we mean furniture. Ranging from beds to shelves. We heard that Anderson Coporated provides the best furniture so we expect it to exceed our expectations. We have some hotels in other countries too, and we expect to have Anderson Coporated's furniture there too. Is there any way that can be done?" Aiden said business-like.

Chloe cleared her throat. She didn't want to say anything to Aiden but because of work, she had to.

"Well... Anderson Coporated has branches in almost twenty countries. So I think we can work that out. Even if we don't have a branch in a country that has an A&M hotel, I think export would work?" Chloe said and everyone nodded.

"Now that you have made your requests, I think it is time to discuss payment." Bree said without skipping a beat. Aiden nodded but before he could speak, Marcel cut in.

"The payment. Right. We will pay 50% upfront. And when the deal is done, we will pay the rest." Marcel said and Aiden raised his eyebrow at him. Marcel just shrugged.

Chloe and Bree looked at each other and immediately had the same thought. "60% upfront and then when the deal is done, you pay the rest." Bree said and Marcel chuckled.

Marcel turned to Aiden and raised his eyebrow. Aiden nodded. "Fine. You drive a hard bargain. Deal." Marcel said.

Then everyone stood up, and they all shook hands. After that, Aiden stretched his hand towards Chloe and Chloe stared at his hand before scoffing and looking away.