Let's Plan My Murder! (Romance) [✔]

CHAPTER 3 - THE PARTY

Aiden and his friends are sitting in the corner booth across the entrance. Natalie has her filthy hands on my boyfriend's thighs, and he has his arms wrapped around her waist. His beautifully chiselled face is a little flushed with alcohol. They all are laughing about some inside joke when Natalie spots me. She doesn't take her hands off my boyfriend, even when I give her the deadliest stare I can manage when I walk in their direction.

She is blessed to be beautiful with green eyes and rose-red lips. She has a type of figure that most men would go crazy for. Aiden spots me following her gaze and gets up to give me a hug.

When he wraps his arm around me, it feels heavenly. I trail my fingers along his hard abs as they collide with my waistline and my pulse quickens almost immediately. His scent smells fruity from the cologne I got him a few months ago. My mind feels relaxed and all my anger evaporates. I really love him more than anybody.

He breaks the hug and gives me a naughty smile. His hand runs down to my ass, giving it a gentle squeeze and completely catching me off guard. My face turns crimson red. Thank god the bar is dark enough that nobody must have noticed. This is the reason I am still with the guy; he knows exactly how to lighten up my mood. We take our seats at the farthest corner of the booth opposite to Natalie, her face immediately scrunches up. She is clearly pissed.

"I thought I told you not to buy this dress," Aiden whispers in my ears, pulling his eyebrows in a deep frown.

I give him a nervous grin, webbing counterargument in my head to defend my dress, but he cuts me off. "It's fine, you still look beautiful, love," he says with a tender smile I was dying to see.

My Aiden loves me. I know he does.

I notice that his dark blonde hair has grown even longer in two months. It was already long, but it has reached shoulder-length and I absolutely love it.

Aiden has an enormous group of friends. The bar is packed with unfamiliar faces, but I am happy that at least there are a few people I know sitting in our booth. Two out of five to be exact, excluding Aiden.

A girl with red highlights smiles at me, she introduces herself as Melissa. She is new to the group. I have met most of Aiden's friends, but I don't really know any of them. I sit next to him at all his parties and pretend not to exist at all.

"You look beautiful tonight!" Liam compliments me, catching my attention. He gulps a sip of beer as his hazel eyes scan my body.

He is Aiden's oldest friend and the hottest among the group apart from Aiden. I always felt he had a thing for me, but he never tried to act on it. I believe it is because of his respect for Aiden.

I give him the same weak smile I gave to the valet. I don't like compliments.

"Can I steal her for a few minutes Aiden?" Anna asks, pulling me from his side and even before he can respond she takes me away from the gang barging towards the loo.

Anna is the closest thing I have to a friend in his gang. She is a blonde with blue eyes just like mine. I met her two years ago at one of his parties. She understood I didn't fit in almost immediately. She kept me company when the gang failed to even notice I was there. Even though she is the loveliest person I have ever met, I still keep my distance from her when Aiden is away, and again I have no idea why?

"I am sorry about Natalie," she says as she pushes the bathroom door. "She is back in town, and she really wanted to see him."

"It's okay... She is one of his closest friends, she can see him whenever she wants," I lie crushing my burning desire of banging Natalie's head on the wall.