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"Should I call Kenna, Mr. Ashton? Maybe she can comfort you." Flynn says, making me look at him before I instantly get an idea of ​​my own. My eyes widen as I think about the possibilities of making it happen: Kenna and I have always been close, it could happen. "Actually, I'll meet her right now. Tell Gerald," I answered, smiling to myself. Without further ado, I quickly made my way to my desk before grabbing my phone after grabbing my coat, looking at Flynn who is currently hesitating about something. "Why are you still here?" I ask. "Uh, but you have a real meeting in half an hour," he replies before standing in front of me, the desk separating us. I frown when he hesitates to speak again; Flynn has been careful every time he speaks, afraid that he might respond like my mother, as I am known to have a short temper, which is very true. "So? Just call it off," I exhale. slightly annoyed. 0.008 "It's a very important meeting, Mr. Ashton. I can't just cancel the meeting because they're going to freak out and it's never good when they freak out," he stammers as I roll my eyes, taking a few steps closer to him. as I harden my gaze, making sure he gets the memo. "Cancel. Do as I tell you, Flynn. We don't want you to lose your job," I speak and he gulps, sweat beginning to form on his forehead as he nods. With a small smile appearing on my face, I start to walk out of my office, leaving him behind me in a hurry. As I stand in front of the elevator, I wait for Flynn to press the button before standing next to me. He clears his throat, waiting for the elevator to reach our floor. As soon as the elevator doors open, I stare at my employees, wide-eyed. Both Flynn and I entered the elevator. that has fallen silent as soon as the doors they were opened. With my two hands on me pants pocket, I wait for Flynn to press the 'G button while standing in the middle my employees pushing themselves into the wall as far as possible. We exited the elevator, receiving greetings and smiles from the other employees as we exited, meeting Gerald who was already waiting by my car. He opens the door for me, letting me into the backseat as Flynn heads straight for the passenger seat. "Call Kenna," I tell him as soon as he's buckled up. He glances at the rearview mirror, meeting my gaze before nodding. Then, she reaches into his pocket for his phone before a look of panic appears on his face, making her hands shake, "Are you going to call her?" I ask. The expression on his face shows how badly he wants to jump out of the car instead of answering my question. He turns to look at me with his eyes avoiding making eye contact with me as the car moves forward, "I'm sorry to tell youthis, Mr. Ashton, but I may have left my phone in your office…” he stutters a bit, as I continue to watch. "Could have?" I raise an eyebrow and he leans back in his seat, turning to look at Gerald, who is still driving down the road before glancing in the rearview mirror. "Gerald, let's go around so Flynn can take his phone," I tell him after clearing my throat. “We don't have to turn around…” Flynn breathes, but as soon as he catches the look on my face, he nods before looking out the window as I continue to scroll through my phone without looking straight ahead. Flynn runs out of the car, in a hurry. I glance at my wristwatch, checking the time as I see him enter the building. If my calculations are correct, you'll be able to get back to the car in less than ten minutes. With him running instead of walking, it might even be less than six minutes. My eyes wander to Flynn, who's back in the car, gasping for breath from running as he holds his phone close to his lap. I check the time again and see that it took her exactly eight minutes to pick up his phone, which means he could have carelessly wasted the two minutes. "Now, he calls Kenna." I say and he turns to look at me, his eyes widen a little but he does as I say, scrolling through the contacts before pressing Kenna's name, putting the phone to his ear, waiting for her to pick up. . Gerald drives back down the road, heading for the hospital. The trail seems to be less traveled today than ever, which is a bit of a surprise. "Kenna, this is Flynn. Mr. Ashton would like to talk to you," he says as soon as he answers the call before turning around to give me his phone. Then he leans back in his seat, still trying to control his heavy breathing which makes me frown, he's always been the one running around trying to get files and even my coffee, why does this make him tired of suddenly? "You could have called me yourself," he says over the other line. "But then, that wouldn't be the Aidan I know…now what do you want?" he asks, his voice sounding a bit cheerful which makes me smile as I look out the window. "Hello to you too. You sound cheerful." "Hello to you too. You sound cheerful" I replied before hearing the sound of his surroundings, it might seem like he's still in the hospital, according to the time, there's a couple of minutes left for lunch time. "I'm always cheerful. Unlike you," he laughs at himself, "you're like another version of Grumpy from Snow White, the similarities are there, which isn't surprising." He continues to speak, which makes my lips curve into a wider smile, thinking of her rolling her eyes like he always has whenever he has to deal with my 'annoying' attitude. "I'll pick you up for lunch," he murmured. "Actually, I'm on my way to have lunch with my co-workers.I'm working." She answers and I immediately turn to look toward the hospital entrance and see that she's standing alone in the middle, the phone pressed to her ear as her eyes wander to look around her. Without her noticing her, she had already let out a soft laugh before looking at her. She has her hair tied up in a ponytail instead of a regular half-up, half-down style. Just as Gerald parks the car a little closer to her, "You're a bad liar…you know that, right?" I ask, smiling. "What test, Aidan?" She smiles at the ground as I press the window, but she still hasn't noticed my presence. Both eyes are wandering elsewhere instead of landing on the car or more, on me. "Wait here," I say to Gerald after hanging up the phone call and getting out of the car, heading straight for Kenna. My eyes stay focused on her back, seeing that she's smiling as she talks to herself, causing me to slow my steps. She sighs, "Typical Aidan. He calls me for no reason and hangs up without saying goodbye. Remind me again why he's my best friend," she mutters under her breath, but it seems to be loud enough for me to hear since I'm only a minute away. couple of meters from her. "Remind me again why I'm friends with a liar," I tell her and she turns to me, immediately with a surprised look on her face. My lips curve into a smile as her pale blue eyes look directly into my brown eyes before giggling.

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