Chapter 13

It's been almost 24hrs and Aiden was yet to make a post or say something about their relationship. She didn't know how all these things worked. It was all new to her. She was scared that another news would come up about her and Kelvin. Now she was in a salon tinting her hair red and going next for shade haunting. She was so grateful that Kelvin offered to pick her up from school. She sneaked quietly with her face cap hiding her identity and met up with him at a very lonely route which was close to her school. On a second taught, what if a picture of Kelvin and she was the solution to the problem at hand. If the press portrays a picture of her and Kelvin as intimate then the world can finally get off her case. That way everybody, in general, believes that she and Aiden aren't in a relationship. What if he had a girlfriend? That idea wouldn't be cool.

"Kelv, will your girlfriend be okay with this?"

"Well, it's a good thing I don't have one," he replied.

"This might sound crazy I don't even know... Just forget it."

"I'm all ears."

"This sounds crazy but can you please act like we are in a relationship? I know this is a stupid thing to ask but you see, my medical final exams are coming up and this isn't good for me. I mean the whole fuss happening especially with the press hovering around me and monitoring my every step. If we could allow them to take a few pictures of us hugging or something so everyone can at least see that Aiden and I aren't in a relationship. I can pay you or I can deliver my special homemade cake to you every weekend. I don't even know you. What I'm I doing?"

"I am Kelvin Ray. I come from a neighbouring country. I am the only child and my family runs a wine company that they want me to take over which is why I escaped and came here where nobody knows me because I feel like I'm not ready to take over the business yet. I don't have a girlfriend because most of the ones I dated just wanted me for my families money. You don't need to pay me or deliver cakes to me. I will help you out. Besides, I don't have much doing and it's just pictures nothing more right?"

"On a scale of 1-10, how rich are you because I don't think I want another billionaire boy press drama. I might not survive this."

"5. 5 I guess."

"Pheww. I think I'm okay with that. Thanks, I am extremely grateful. You don't know how much this means to me."

"Now hop in let me drive you somewhere safe enough to sneak into your house without being noticed. We can officially start tomorrow."

Just like he said, he dropped her at a safe corner and drove back to see a friend. All that was left was to sneak into her apartment without being noticed.

She was walking down the street when a black BMW pulled up beside her and before she could tell what was happening, she was bundled into the car by a man with a black suit and a security earpiece. She was going to die and nobody was going to know how she disappeared from the face of the earth.

The familiar voice of Aiden next to her brought her back to earth.

"Please tell me you did not just ask one of your security men to bundle me into the car? Where you trying to imitate a scene from a Netflix movie because you did well. I must give you that. Have cell phones gone into extinction because last I remembered I still have one?"

"You need to calm down. I strictly instructed that you be carried gently and even if I called you wouldn't want to meet up with me."

"of course I wouldn't! Have you seen the cover of the most read newspaper? It's a picture of us that looks like we were about to kiss. The press is hovering around my place. I have been getting DMs from my Instagram? Everyone in the school wants to take a picture with me! Aiden you could have just stopped this false news by tweeting the truth about our relationship or something. Anything for people to get off my back! I don't like the spotlight. It's not my thing. Please do something about it."

"If I have to reply to everything the press says about me, don't you think that will be crazy? Whereas what is so bad about us trying to kiss?"

"What? You did not just say that?"

Before she knew what was happening, his lips were on hers seeking permission to enter which she gave without a second thought. It was only seconds after he stopped did she realise it was real seconds and it just happened.

"Did you just kiss me with John and the bundling guy sitting right in front of us ?" she whispered in shock. Aiden don't you think it just confirms what the paper says. What if they tell someone and someone tells someone? Oh my God. What have I done? Why did you kiss me?"

"Calm down. You are behaving like a child that just got caught stealing candy and you weren't complaining when I did."

He switched his facial expression so quick like they weren't just having a conversation just now.

"The reason I wanted to see you is that I just paid a member of the press an outrageous amount of money for a picture of you and another guy from getting out in the public. You just moved into the neighbourhood and you are already cosy with this guy who happens to be driving a power bike. Please tell me you didn't ride on that thing?"

"You mean Kelvin Ray? He is a harmless gentleman and he is my neighbour. Why in the world did you pay? You just spoilt my plan. "

"Oh, you are okay with being seen with Kelvin Ray the only heir to the ray bottles but you are not cool with being seen with me. I mean who would? I guess I'm too old to be seen with you."

"Ray bottles? The ray bottles everybody knows? Oh, it's just me hallucinating? Fairy mother please wave your wand and send me back to how my life used to be."