Chapter 6: Who Is That Girl Kissing The CEO

Aaron Black's POV
I bowed and made my way to go home with my daughter after having a rather stressful day without answering any of the questions being thrown at me,my security team taking care and control of the crowd.
I sighed, finally arriving at home after a long day, took dinner with my daughter who is rather too quiet and didn't even ask for a bedtime story before I put her to bed. That reminds me, she needs a new nanny and I brought out my phone texting Harry to get to work on that.
I tried sleeping but the thunderstorm and lighting kept bringing back horrific flashbacks and traumatic memories of an unfortunate event that happened years ago but wouldn't just leave my head. No matter how hard I try to bury it, it seems to always find its way to torture me, especially on rainy nights with thunderstorms and lighting like today.
Couldn't sleep, so I picked up on one of my projects and worked on it. Thank goodness for the nap I took on my way to the hotel earlier in the day. If my calculations are right. I can still function at full capacity throughout the night.
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"Hey yo fam, don't tell me you have been working all night" shouted my only friend, he is the closest to me from family members right from a young age. And he is one of the very few that has the code combination of my presidential villa to work in at these early hours of the night. He is equivalent to what mediocre girls will call a best friend.
"Jordan, do what do I owe this early morning visit"
"A very smart question Aaron, dude you are very smart" crossing and putting his legs without removing his shoe on my working table and having the audacity to take my steaming early morning cup of coffee-sipping it without remorse.
"What do you want?"
"Who is that girl? How come I have never seen her around here?" He asked curiously.
"What girl are you talking about? " I asked, feigning innocence and pushing his legs off my table.
"Guess, you haven't seen the viral video already" He pulled out his phone and showed me a picture of me and crazy Anastasia Peters making out. That will be what it looks like but honestly, we were just struggling to get her hair off my tie. But it's a good thing her face is not showing.
"Does anyone know who she is?"
"Not yet, hey are you protecting this lady already?"
"No, I am concerned about the company's reputation and thinking of what to tell the public concerning the video. "
"Jeez, darn it. I can't believe you are the hottest most searched again on the internet even beating me the most handsome and eligible bachelor twice in a row. I need to up my game..." He said making a face. I ignored him and continued typing.
He came closer to me "who is she then, a governor's daughter, a princess, a mysterious woman or is she your betrothed?" He kept rambling.
"Trash"
"You pervert! How can you describe a lady like that?" He shouted
"I meant her file, all documents about her"
"Oh okay..." He said going ahead to pick out the pieces of rumbled papers from the trash can. The height this friend of mine can go for good gossip. He started reading out and that was distracting me.
"Hey, you are obstructing my already planned schedule. Making me a bit slower and slower than usual and you know I have to take Ava to school and if you keep staying here for another 5 minutes, that will make me 23minutes late according to my analysis.
"Okay, fine!" He said dropping the files and walked out of my office with a grumpy face. I sighed knowing that Jordan always comes around. And he did because when I went to get Ava ready for school, she was already eating noodles dressed in her school uniform while laughing at some hideous faces Jordan was making.
"Thank you" I mounted and he gave me the thumbs up before I went ahead to get dressed and drop Ava at school and no, my mind is not interested in crossing paths with a certain brunette in high ponytails.