She scoffed. "Wow. What am I? Some random client?"


    I didn''t respond this time around and just returned my attention to what I was doing.


    I really wasn''t getting any break from all of this, was I?


    After a while I started," Sharon-" but she cut me off as soon as the words came flying out of my mouth.


    "Are you cheating on me?"


    I paused, my hand hovering in the air as I tried to reach for a file behind her syed jacket.


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    "What?" I dropped my hand and turned to her.


    "Why did you ask that question?" I repeated, reclining in my seat, "I mean it''s not like we''re exclusive or-"


    She nearly rolled her eyes at me. "How more exclusive can we be, Aiden?"


    Then she stopped her gaze on my face whilst shaking her head slowly. She alsk seemed exasperated to be honest.


    "I can''t believe we''re having this conversation."


    "We are betrothed! You basically belong to me and I, to you. We are bound for life." She pped her hand gently on the desk.


    Rubbing my temples, I refused to give her a response to that. As long as I was concerned, I wasn''t bound to any damn person for life.


    There was a long silence as I returned to work, ignoring her. I could feel


    her probing gaze then the question came, "Tell me, Aiden. Is there another woman taking you away from me?"


    I paused and ruminated on her question. Is there another woman taking me from her? Yes, there was. Anastasia. She was all I think about nowadays. It was either I had Anastasia on my mind, work or trying to figure out how to get out of the contract with Sharon but Anastasia always topped the list.


    Perhaps, I should tell her. I nced at her, at the hope in her eyes. I looked away and sighed. I didn''t even know how to start.


    Maybe I could say; Sharon, there''s something I need to tell you. This thing we had was good but I''ve found my ex and I realized that I want to be with her again.


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    How would she feel? How would I look like in her eyes.


    Why do I even care how I''d been perceived by Sharon in the first ce, if I just swallowed my cowardice and told her the truth?


    "In case you forgot..." she broke off my thoughts again, this time, I see her getting up from her seat, beginning to walk slowly over to mys side.


    Then she slowly swiveled my chair to face her and rested her hands on my shoulders. She or one one from on my thigh.


    I


    With my hands by my side, I looked up at her to ask what she was doing and what I forgot when she leaned down and took my lips in hers.


    All the questions flew from my head and were reced by the


    memories we had before Anastasia came back into the picture, by the dull voice that told me to stop her and by the urge to return the kiss and wrap my arms around her.


    I chose thetter. I kissed her back with equal fervor, enjoying the feel. of her breasts pressed against my chest, the feel of her fingers as they caressed my nape. My hands curled around her and I pulled her closer.


    As much as I craved Ana... in as much as I wanted to deny it, I had to admit to myself that I still felt something for Sharon.


    I realized it was why I haven''t been able to really do anything about the contract. It was why I couldn''t stand my ground in what I wanted and I hated that.


    But sex with Sharon was great, really. And if she was willing without including marriage talk, I''d readily take her in my arms.


    I pushed back the guilt that climbed up my throat as Ana''s face shed in my mind. I pulled Sharon''s top from her suit pants, then my hand traveled under the top, smoothing over the familiar skin there.


    Suddenly, she was about to pull away, almost disconnecting our lips but I didn''t stop. My hands rose higher and I kissed her jaw before my face burrowed in her neck and I kissed her there too. As I kissed my way to the enticing flesh on her chest, she pressed on my shoulder and held my hand.


    "Not so fast, young man." I looked up to see a smirk on her face as she began to climb off me.


    I wanted to pull her back and touch her where she loved until she was moaning my name-just as I couldn''t resist her, she couldn''t resist me too - but I didn''t.


    Instead, I watched her tuck her top back in her suit pants.


    She reached for her purse and zer, she intoned with a smug smile, "If you want more, you know where to find me."