The Best Friend's Contract
Chapter 42

"Mother, Kenna. I told you to call me mother," She responds. "And... about my cooking, feel free to ask me for recipes. There's one way to a man's heart and that is through cooking, I managed to win Marc's heart just by the taste of my cooking. He was head over heels,"

She smiles, showing happiness glinting in her eyes.

"I can't doubt that," Kenna smiles.

"Right, pass me more chicken!" Alain exclaims with a grin, causing the whole family to laugh and add on further conversations.

After dinner, we're all seated in the living room with our heads facing the television screen as we continue to talk, laugh and even joke around. Alain, Harley and Ava are on the other side of the sofa-seeing their daughter sitting in between them as they snuggle up close, it appears to be the ultimate family goal.

As for mother and father, they're being the old romantic couple as she leans her head on his shoulder.

Then, there's Kenna... and me. Our bodies are more likely further away from each other as we both lean back on the sofa, eyeing the whole family. It may seem that Kenna and I are going through a rough phase or even just fairly acquainted.

"Ava was three," Harley says as she points down at the picture in the frame, "This was on her birthday... when you overlooked and she had a mouth full of cupcake," She chuckles.

"Well... toddlers tend to get pretty active," Alain laughs.

Mother's lips curve up into a smile before turning to look at Kenna, eyebrows furrowed at the distance between us which causes me to quickly wrap my arm around her shoulder and lean closer towards her.

Kenna's eyes furrow in confusion but as soon as she turns to look at my mother, she leans even closer towards me and starts to place his hand on my chest. We appear to be as the perfect young married couple as everyone has been saying; the new lovebirds or more correctly, childhood sweethearts.

"Still not changing your mind about going on a honeymoon, Aidan?" Mother asks.

"Not anytime soon, mother. We both discussed and we agreed," I reply before looking down at Kenna, seeing her smiling up at me.

"It's just odd. You both are young and recently married, why wait? There's no better moment as a couple than being a newly-married couple. The thrill is different as you grow older together and... while you both are still young, might as well cherish it." She continues to speak, "I can tell that you want some privacy instead of spending a week with us," She adds.

"No... absolutely not," I respond immediately. "We wanted to come here and we wanted to spend some quality time with you guys," I clear my throat at the end, scooting closer towards Kenna as she shifts.

Kenna nods, "Maybe, we should start talking about our honeymoon but it's not going to happen in a few months." She says.

"Exactly. Besides, we have a new big project coming on," My eyes wander to Alain who has a grin plastered on his face-feeling proud of the achievement we both made for our family company without the help of others but our own bond.

Alain shifts comfortably, "Right. We forgot to tell you that the project would be millions and it's very important for us... especially Aidan, to stay focus. It's not everyday that we get a huge project within only a couple of months." He directs the conversation to a different topic which eases me slightly.

Mother's eyes widen, "You didn't even tell me about the project? Aidan... Alain, that's very good. I'm so proud," She raises both of her hands as a thumbs up, earning herself a laugh from my brother as soon as he sees it.

"Thanks, mother. We wouldn't have made it without both of your supports," He replies, smiling at father and mother while I just nod my head, agreeing.

The minutes pass as the living room grew silent, almost as if everyone was dead. My eyes continue to wander around the darkening room, seeing Harley passed out on Alain's shoulder as Ava sucks on her thumb, also passed out in her mother's arms while Alain continues to watch the show on television.

As for mother and father, they're just snuggling close as they watch the show, too.

I glance down at Kenna, seeing her eyes red with tears, showing how tired she is but she remains close towards me; eyes plastered onto the screen. "Do you want to go to bed?" I mutter, loud enough for her to hear as she looks up at my face. "Yeah," She replies.

I clear my throat, "We'll be heading upstairs. We're both exhausted," I say, receiving mother and father's attention as they turn to look at us-seeing me standing up before pulling onto Kenna's hand, slowly lifting her up. "See you two in the morning," Mother smiles.

Kenna and I walk out of the living room as we both head upstairs without sparing a second glance downstairs, straight towards our bedroom-more likely my old bedroom or spare bedroom whenever I head back to Dallas. "You can take the bed," I say as soon as I see her standing in the middle of the room, looking confused.

"I thought we talked about this?" She questions, which causes me to turn and see her raised eyebrow. "I mean... our sleeping places. We talked about it on our wedding night,"

I continue to hold onto the blanket, "We didn't exactly talk about it because you did steal my spot on the bed but I get your point. You mean, we've been through the phase of not sleeping separately?" I ask.

"You know what I mean, Aidan. We've both slept together... and I don't think this time would be any different," She replies, playing with her fingers-leaving me to notice every single detail of her movement without saying another word.

"You want us both on the bed?" I ask, my voice suddenly deep and low.

Her blue eyes meet mine but neither

of us bother to move or lessen the distance between us, only letting our gazes remain the same. Somehow that question meant something more than just sleeping on the t bed because neither of us wanted to get a bad posture or any back pain but it's as if... we couldn't stay away from one another.

The sudden trance was interrupted as she immediately walks towards the bed, her lips curving up into a smile. "Yeah... I want us both to be on this bed. So that, we can both sleep soundly without either of us complaining having trouble sleeping." She replies. Then, she pats onto the spot beside her, "So... would you come to sleep on the bed with me?" She asks, her eyes focusing into mine.

"I wouldn't want it any other way," I reply before walking towards the bed and immediately climb into the covers, earning a chuckle from her as she sees the excitement coming from me. I lay my head on the bed and she follows afterwards which causes me to turn sideways, facing her before wrapping my arms around her body.

"You're not going to suffocate me back, right?" She chuckles.

"No, I'm just going to make sure that you're still here when I wake up." I mutter as a reply, closing my eyes as I feel her breath hitting the side of my neck-before snuggling closer, leaving me with a smile on my face.

It doesn't take me long to fall asleep. It's also a surprise to fall asleep this quick because I would always have some problem sleeping... my mind would wonder and wander about the complicated things in life but now... right now, right here, my mind is clear. My body is at ease.