62. 'Is she really the one...'

Aiden didn't bother with anything and just sat down on the sofa after two simple sprays of sanitizer. Once he was seated, he only glanced at his friends for a mere second before his gaze landed on the nearest can of beer which he grabbed with his hands and started sipping on right away.

Jaws dropped one after another as his friends, Fenhua, Ji-Hoon, Xander, and Liam watched as Aiden downed the whole can of beer all on one go before moving on to the next.

They were all too shocked to do or say anything about it! The almighty Aiden was drinking!

He was finally drinking!

However, the cold air around him told everyone that the reason for him to be drinking this suddenly isn't anything good hence the boys all gathered themselves together as fast as they could and came up with a plan. Or rather they just talked amongst themselves silently as to who would be the sacrificial lamb.

To them speaking to Aiden right now was equivalent to seeking their own deaths hence they were all hesitant. For god's sake, they were here for a drink themselves and to release some hormones so why the f*ck was he here with his ice-cold figure giving them a death sentence out of nowhere?!

Despite this, after a few minutes of intense arguing and encouragement from each other, the liveliest and the most responsible amongst them all, Fenhua, decided to go for it. With his life on the line of course. But what was life when their best friend was in danger right?

...Right?

{ Author: Definitely.

Sachi: Who the f*ck gave her the license to play with our lives?!

Author: *Kidnaps Sachi* Fenhua dear, you're on the right track boi! Life is nothing when your best friend is in danger! Give it your all my boi. I'm here for you! *insert conman's smile* }

"Uhh… Aiden, why are you…" Aiden looked directly at Fenhua's eyes. Not saying a word, he just stared. "...Drinking?" Fenhua was scared nuts but somehow the rest of his words still managed to leave his lips as Aiden's eyes stared deep into his. In a not so romantic way though.

Aiden was still quiet. One of his hands rested on the arm of the sofa while the other was holding a bottle of Soju.

'Because I don't think I should be going up to a certain someone's room and asking them to sleep with me.'

Not getting a reaction from Aiden, Fenhua and the others were all surprised but they were even more concerned. This has never happened before! Well, it did… once. The reason behind it wasn't anything good and nor would this time be it either so they were very concerned for Aiden.

What the hell happened to him this time?

Did it have anything to do with that.. Dead women?

As though they had just drunk chicken blood, they all disregarded the threat to their lives and spoke one after another. Words of concern were getting bombarded towards Aiden who showed little reaction towards their words. He was still answering them in his mind and… drinking nonstop.

'I think I can sleep if I'm with her.'

"What happened? Did someone say something to you?"

'No. I want to sleep but she doesn't even know me…'

'Do you think she will let me sleep with her?'

As Aiden thought this he stared directly at Liam who had asked the question. His intense gaze confused and scared the shit out of him so there was no response from Liam. Besides, neither one of them knew what was going on inside Aiden's mind. How the f*ck were they to know what he wanted to hear? Or what the hell happened to him?

"Aiden! Tell us something!"

'Even if I do it's not like you'll be able to do something about it. She hasn't contacted me since then… maybe she doesn't want to know someone like me?'

Aiden pursed his lips as he paused in his drinking to really think about it. His gaze was on his hand that was holding the drink.

Silence.

Fenhua rubbed his eyes.

Liam rubbed his eyes.

Xander and Ji-Hoon also followed.

None of them could believe what they were seeing.

Aiden he… he was pouting!

If it was another CEO, it might've not come as such a shock but seeing that it was Aiden, sheer disbelief was all they could agree on!

They have all been friends for more than a decade if not since childhood, and yet they never knew that he could make such a face! Not a smile but a pout!

A pout!

His eyes were all watery and the way he pursed his lips into a pout only made it seem as though he was a little boy who had been wronged by the world!

God d*mn! What the f*ck were they seeing?! Have they all gone blind?

"Aiden…"

Hearing Xander's voice Aiden realized that he wasn't alone hence he collected his emotions and his expression and resumed his actions of drinking. From beer to Soju to whiskey, Aiden drank all that reached his hands.

His friends were all busy trying to get him to talk or even asking his secretary Mr. Shou what had happened but similar to Aiden, Mr. Shou also had his lips sealed.

Minutes passed by and bottles emptied.

More than Aiden his friends were getting stressed by the minute hence as they questioned, they also drank.

Of course, all five of them just happened to be big shots within the city so they all knew how to control themselves even with an indefinite amount of alcohol entering their system so even after more than two hours neither one of them was drunk. At the most, they were a little tipsy but even so they were on high guards and more awake than ever. It was as though alcohol was not something used to mess with one's mind but rather like an energy drink…