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“Well, she can just back the hell off,” I murmur.
Aiden strides out of his office, cocking his head to the side. “Bree, how did you get here today?”
“I caught the bus from Killian’s place. Why?”
“We’ll drop you back if you like, save you taking the bus.”
“Thanks, big bro.”
Aiden takes my hand, and we make it through to the main foyer.
“Good evening, Mr. O’Connell,” Josie calls out.
I turn and glare at her. Her eyes widen, and her mouth gapes a little at my sudden aggressive stance toward her. She quickly turns back to her computer screen.
There, that should do it—I hope.
Bree gives me two thumbs-up as Aiden looks at me raising an eyebrow. I shrug, as we continue out the doors.
“What was that, Jeni?” Aiden asks quietly.
“She’s standing up for you,” Brielle interrupts before I can say anything.
“What for?”
“Because Josie’s after you.”
I inwardly laugh as I’m excluded from the conversation.
Aiden scoffs. “No, she isn’t. She’s simply being friendly.”
“Yeah, then why is she causing trouble by sending Jeni those flowers?”
Aiden jerks back with a cringe. “What? No. She didn’t. I’m sure it was Mom. Why would Josie send Jeni flowers?”
“Duh! Sometimes, big bro, you’re so dense. Why do you think? To make you jealous, of course. So you’ll split up with her. And it worked, you were so jealous.”
I stand back and watch them talk about me as though I’m not even here.
“That will never happen. I wouldn’t split up with Jeni because someone else sent her flowers.”
“No, but she’d be counting on you getting jealous and causing an argument. Which almost happened today until you heard they were from a female.” Her words ring true, and I watch his reaction.
“No. I’ve known Josie for a long time. She wouldn’t do that. I’ll ask Mom tonight if she sent them, and when she says yes, this craziness will be over.”
“And if Mom doesn’t say she sent them?”
“Then, and only then, will I think about the fact that it might be Josie.”
“Good! Ask Mom as soon as you get home and text me to let me know.”
“Good evening, everyone,” Mike says breaking up this conversation as we approach.
“Hey, Mike. Is it cool if you drop me off at Killian’s?”
“Of course, Miss O’Connell. No problem at all.” He opens the back door, and we all slide in.
“Can you two hurry up and get engaged already?” Brielle asks out of the blue, changing this conversation’s direction in the space of five seconds.
Mike chuckles in the front as I sit here too scared to look at Aiden to see his reaction. Though, he takes my hand and kisses it gently. “One day, Bree. One day.”
My heart flutters, and a tingle runs through my entire body. He wants to marry me—one day. We’ve never even talked about marriage. Of course, I’ve thought about it especially when I had an inkling that I was pregnant, but I never knew he’d thought about it as well. I removed the thought about marriage from my mind when we lost our baby. Those pesky butterflies return to my stomach as I clutch my hands in my lap.
“Relax, baby,” Aiden whispers in my ear, kissing the side of my head.
He knows me too well.
I really need to get my emotions in check.
