Unexpected Chance by Annalisa Nicole

girl.
    “The only thing I want to do is you, in my bed, tonight,” he says, turning me around in his arms.
    “Oh my God, that’s like the cheesiest thing I’ve ever heard,” I say, swatting his arm, giggling.
    “Is it working?” he asks. “If it makes you happy, you can drive Ruby to work. I don’t mind driving her back home,” he says, kissing my lips.
    Is Ruby home? Is this Ruby’s new home, in Aiden’s garage, next to Jade?
    “Oh, alright. But I’m holding you to me driving Ruby tonight,” I tell him. I turn back around and finish getting dressed.
    Aiden leaves the bathroom to get dressed for work. Today it’s a crisp black suit with a white dress shirt and a white tie with black slanted horizontal stripes. He looks so damn irresistible. And this man wants me in his bed tonight?
    I grab the coffees, we get in Jade, and he takes me to school. All day at school, I can’t concentrate. All I can think of is taking that damn tie off of Aiden and what I want to do with it in bed tonight.
    Aiden picks me up right at five, I get in his car, and he looks just as handsome as he did this morning. I’d say probably even a little sexier. He’s got a five o’clock shadow going on, and with his black suit he looks delicious.
    “I thought we’d make dinner at home tonight. What do you think?” he asks.
    “You can cook, too?” I ask wide-eyed. Are you kidding me? He’s like the whole package and then some.
    “I have two sisters and a mother who insisted that we all knew how to cook, clean, iron, and do the dishes. I think Asher failed at all of those. I don’t know, maybe his hands are too delicate being a CEO and all,” he says laughing.
    And he thinks I say crazy crap. The way his family lovingly picks on each other is hilarious.
    We get home and make an easy spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and a Caesar salad. It hit my belly and made it dance it was so good.
    “I’ll clean the dishes, don’t worry about it. Why don’t you find a movie or something for us to watch before I have to go to work?” I say, pushing him out of the kitchen.
    “You’ve been at school all day, you helped me cook, and you have to work until two in the morning, I’ll clean the kitchen. You go sit down and relax for a while,” he says, turning around.
    “I must insist,” I say, wagging my eyebrows at him.
    He laughs at me, something I make him do quite often. It’s something that also brings a smile to my face.
    “Alright, I’ll go find something and queue it up. But then I’m coming back in here to help you,” he says, kissing me on the lips. He turns around and heads out into the family room.
    I start putting leftovers away and load the dishwasher. It must be taking him a long time to find something to watch. I don’t have all that long before I have to head to work. I put the last dish in the dishwasher, then wipe down the counters. I walk out of the kitchen and see Aiden sitting on the couch, his head back on the cushion, sleeping.
    I lean against the kitchen doorjamb and smile at him. I’ll let him sleep. I can go home and get my things then bring them back here. That’ll give him a nice little nap. I grab my purse from the back of the kitchen chair and pull out my keys. They fall to the wooden floor with a big thunk. My face makes a giant, silent, ahh face, as I hope it didn’t wake him up.
    “Savvy?” Aiden calls.
    “Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up. You sleep, I’m just going to go grab a few things from home and come back. You can take a little kitty nap while I’m gone, then you can come with me to work with Ruby,” I tell him.
    “No, it’s alright. I’m up, I can take you,” he says, starting to get up.
    “Aiden, I’m a big girl. Besides, I miss my Ruby girl. She and I need some one-on-one alone time. I’ll be back in forty-five minutes, tops,” I tell him, walking over to him. I put my hand on his face, lean down and kiss him.
    “It’s been a rough week at the office with this