Maddie had cool babysitters. No, scratch that, she had cool bodyguards.Bane, Anna, Marlowe and Ron were like four siblings. The banter, the teasing, the love and the obvious fact that they had one another's backs.The first day Anna and Ron showed up, they had been decked out in all blacks, complete to the sunglasses. She had taken one look at them and given a vehement no.Then Anna had asked her to unleash her inner child and see the fun in being followed by the live Men In Black. To which she had replied that all her childhood fantasies included castle and prince charming rather than heroes and villains exchanging bullets.Despite how weird it was to be followed around by two scary looking people, it has been fun, especially watching people's reaction when they notice her and her bodyguards. There was a certain way people interacted to her immediately they noticed that the menacing-looking men were with her and it was amusing to watch.That was the only time they dressed in such

Maddie woke up slowly. Her bones felt like liquid and it was all she could do not to go back to sleep right there and then.She turned on her side, her eyelids opening languidly, her eyes falling on a pair of baby blues."Hey." His voice was like warm honey.Memories of the last few hours flashed through her mind, flooding her with warmth. The way he was looking at her was not helping either."Slept well?"She tucked her hair shyly behind her ear. She bit her lip, curbing her smile. She couldn't believe how shy she was feeling. And of course, the dratted man knew what he was doing. "Probably the best sleep I've had."He cocked a brow. "Probably?"She cocked her brow back. "Mmm-hmm. What about you? Slept well?""I didn't sleep.""Why?""I got carried away with watching you sleep. I just couldn't bring myself to take my gaze away."She searched his eyes. "That is not all, is it?"He fiddled with a strand of her hair. "What do you mean?""Drew??" She didn't know why he thought playing d

Aiden must have thought they were joking about the blind date thingy.Actually, at first Maddie had been joking. But then she thought about the pros - only pros, no cons, not when it was Aiden in the picture - and she realized that it was worth pursuing. While Aiden was not going to fall in love on the first date and suddenly decide to dive into the dating waters, it was still a dip of his toe in said waters. According to Drew, all of Aiden's first dates were always events; functions and dinners.Never private. Never intimate. It was like he went the extra mile to ensure that there was no assumptions or expectations either on the lady’s side or on the side of the press. She knew what it felt like to hope fcor something so bad, only for it to be taken away from you. And when that happened, it hurt like dickens to ever try to hope again. She heard somewhere that hope deferred made the heart sick. What the author forgot to add was that sometimes the heart never recovered. Of course,

"So what's the occasion?" Aiden asked, checking himself out on the car's window.Aiden was an oxymoron. He dressed like he didn't care about how he looked — no, that was not exactly it. It was more of a 'he couldn't be bothered with fashion, clothes were just things to cover one's body' situation. And yet, the guy could hardly pass by a mirror or glass without checking himself out.When Drew asked him to join them for dinner and told him to dress casually, she didn't expect him to show up dressed in black ripped jeans and black tee under black bomber jacket.All that was left were leather gloves and a Harley. He already had the tats and haircut."Things are a little tense in the office." Drew said. "I need this reprieve with my two favorite people.""Well," Aiden slipped his hands into his jacket's pockets. "What were you expecting? When the boss keeps detonating at the slightest provocation, you can't expect the employees to be dancing kumbaya.""I think the right expression is sing

“No!” Aiden shook his head vehemently. His friend shot him a ‘seriously?’ look. “I can’t believe you have the guts to ask me to accompany you and Maddie to another friends only outing. After what you did in the last friends only outing you invited me to. I’m pretty you’ve heard that idiom that says ‘once bitten, twice shy.’”“Come on, Aiden. I am sorry. I didn’t know Eleanor would be…you know...”“Reminding me that you were the one that chose that barbie as my date is not going to make me forgive you faster.”“Fine. Come to this outing not for my sake, but for Madeline’s.”“Last I remembered she was the brain behind the blind date, the one who has somehow decided that I need to be thrown into the dating waters.”“Now, you are exaggerating.”“I am not exaggerating, Drew. There is a reason I do not date and you know it. I expected that as my friend you would guard my decision. If nothing else, you would respect it, not gang up against me.”“Even if that decision is not exactly good for