Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 62

Once they were done, Jacob gestured for his team to leave first. While they exited, he stood leisurely and extended his hand to Arwen. "It was nice meeting you today. I will proceed with the case and get back to you soon," he said, smiling. Arwen also stood to respond, but before she could take his hand, Aiden stepped beside her and handled the formality himself.

"You are welcome, Jacob. I hope you won’t disappoint us," Aiden said

Finding Aiden’s possessiveness pretty amusing, Jacob raised his brows but said nothing. "I won’t let anything ruin my record, you know that, Ade." Smirking at Aiden, he turned back to Arwen and smiled. "This definitely won’t be our last meeting, Arwen. See you soon. Aiden might be busy at times but don’t worry, we can hang around without him," he teased, making it sound deliberately ambiguous.

Arwen sense the tease and held back a chuckle. She glanced at Aiden, who nonchalant. If not for his arm wrapped around her waist, she might have really thought he wasn’t bothered at all. But that subtle gesture spoke volumes and it intrigued her.

"Sure. We can do that sometimes. I wouldn’t mind." Arwen replied, and Jacob nodded before looking at Aiden with a grin. "Great. Isn’t it, Ade? "

If looks could kill, Jacob would have been dead. But since it couldn’t, he didn’t mind the bone-chilling gaze Aiden was giving him. He was enjoying seeing how much he had managed to get under Aiden’s skin.

Aiden , however, remained composed. His tone smooth as he responded, "I am sure you two could —if there’s is ever a moment when I am not around." His eyes shifted briefly to Arwen before returning to Jacob. "But you know some things are meant to be exclusive …and I don’t tend to share what’s mine."

Arwen coughed, completely unprepared for that statement. She had been enjoying the playful exchange until Aiden made it sound so serious. Meanwhile, Jacob was momentarily speechless. He thought he had succeeded in irritating Aiden, but apparently , it wasn’t that easy.

"Emyr, Mr. Thorne’s team must be waiting for him. I will leave you to escort him out," Aiden said before turning to Arwen, gesturing towards the door, "Let’s go to my office."

Arwen, still a little in a slight daze, nodded and let Aiden escort her out of the conference room.

As Jacob watched them leave, he finally recovered from the verbal jab Aiden has delivered. "Has he been like this all this time?" he asked Emyr, clearly still processing what had just happened.

Emyr, now accustomed to such situation, smiled and nodded. "Ever since Madam appeared, it’s been like this."

Jacob shook his head and patted Emyr’s shoulder. "Good luck, buddy. Life is going to be tough for you. Hope you get more used to it soon."

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From the conference room Aiden led Arwen directly to his office. Once inside, he closed the door behind them. Arwen turned to ask him something, but before she could get the words out, Aiden kissed her ravenously.

One of his arms held her by her waist, pulling her close, while the other cupped her cheek, angling her head perfectly. This kiss took her by surprise. Though it wasn’t uncomfortable, it did make her heart race. Her lips were soft against hers, but the intensity of the kiss felt like he was reassuring himself of something.