Chapter 672 - Setting up Eve (J&J) (1)

~ Los Angeles, Mediterranean villa ~

It's midafternoon, and Sarah is sitting on the sofa, focused on her laptop while deciding where in the room to put devices for Eve to ensure optimal coverage.

"Do you need help?" She heard a familiar voice and smiled.

Glancing to the side, her eyes met with Aiden's. He was lazily leaning on the doorframe and Sarah held her breath at the sight of her Greek God armed with his devilish smile which never failed to make her heart race.

It took her few seconds to get out of her daze. "How long are you standing there?"

"Long enough to know you need help."

She answered with a smile while thinking how his confidence is absolutely breathtaking.

Sarah checked her phone. "You didn't call…" She thought that he called and came when she didn't answer.

"I don't need to call to know where you are. And considering the size of this place, if I don't help, you will need few days to set it up." He walked toward Sarah.

She had to admit that his deduction is correct. "True. You finished work?"

He responded with a nod.

Aiden likes the way she looks at him… with eyes full of love and admiration, like he is the only man in the world. And he is not wrong, in her eyes, he is the only one.

He sat next to her and gave her a light kiss on the lips. "How can your handsome future husband help?"

Attraction between them is undeniable and Sarah had difficulty to focus on explaining her current progress. She found his proximity to be very distracting. It reminded her how when they started dating, he would come close to her while she worked on the project. Ah, at that time her mind would go blank whenever he was too close. And this is very similar to that as well, only now her thoughts are more… bolder; and instead of freezing up, she is thinking about undressing him.

"Basement is done, and I'm almost done with the main level. For today, I want to finish main level and take photos of the grounds so that Eve can help with calculations necessary for good coverage outside. Tomorrow I can do upper level, rooftop and look at what Eve came up with… and see how far I go…"

"I can take photos of outside." Aiden offered and Sarah happily accepted.

The faster this is done, sooner they can go back to their Cliffside home and enjoy… privacy.

She gave him a bag which was on her side. "Here, use this drone."

"When do you want to tell Jeff that he will be living with Eve?" Aiden looks forward seeing his brother's expression when he finds out.

"Let's get Eve settled in first, and then we can decide. Besides 'when' we should also think of 'how' to make a big reveal, for a maximum impact." Sarah giggled at her thought.

"I still remember when he met Eve first time, he was all about Elvis. Is he still into that?" Sarah didn't notice that Jeff is interested in any music or anything else outside work (or JoAnna). If they didn't catch him in Elvis trivia with Eve at that time, she would never know about that side of him.

Aiden smiled. "I don't know. Since I've met you, I didn't stay with him. You should ask Anna."

Sarah skipped the part about asking her sister and focused on the previous point. "Yes, since we met, we are together… almost always."

"Always. And I wouldn't want it any other way." Aiden pulled Sarah closer and their lips connected.

Her hands wrapped around his neck and she laced her fingers in his hair as he deepened the kiss.

"Hey, hey, hey! You should be working!" JoAnna protested from the door. "I step out for one phone call and this is how I find you?"

Sarah and Aiden smiled and gazed into each other's eyes. Two of them broke the kiss, but other than that they didn't acknowledge JoAnna's presence.

JoAnna cleared her throat few times before speaking again. "Do you even know I'm here?"

Sarah responded, her eyes not leaving Aiden's: "My handsome future husband will help. Don't worry."

"I'm not worried… but Jeff will finish with his work in about two hours. Whatever you have planned for today needs to be done by then. Do you want him to see you doing this?" JoAnna reminded them.

Aiden gave Sarah few quick kisses, took the bag with the drone and headed out, ignoring JoAnna's scrutinizing looks.

JoAnna followed him with her eyes as he walked outside villa and spoke to Sarah: "Look at you two… both grinning like teenagers. Did you just fall in love now or what? Why do you look so smitten with each other, again?"

"You can say that we started again." Sarah's gaze was focused in the direction where Aiden disappeared.

JoAnna opened her mouth to say something, but her phone rang. It was Elanor. She stepped away and took the call.

Sarah forced herself to focus back to the laptop, while trying to remember what she was doing when Aiden arrived.

JoAnna came back in the view and stood at the door. "Sarah, you will come here tomorrow, right?"

"Yes. There is at least one more full day of work." Sarah thought that if Aiden comes tomorrow as well, they can finish in one day, and she is confident that unless something urgent comes up, he will join her.

JoAnna nodded and returned to her phone call. "Yes, she will be here… OK. See you then."

"Who was that?" Sarah asked when JoAnna ended her call.

"Mother Elanor. She will come tomorrow here. She wants to talk to us."

"Us? Why am I included?" Sarah thought that Elanor wants to talk to JoAnna because she will become Jeff's wife. And she is not wrong about that. But she does not understand why is she included as well. She is engaged to Aiden, but they don't have a wedding date set, and even if they do, it's known that Aiden besides working at White corp. does not have anything related to dealings of White family. And both Sarah and Aiden prefer it that way.

Because of Jeff's position in the family, Jeff and JoAnna will be tied up to White family businesses, and overall maintaining the image of Whites, while Sarah and Aiden are free to do their own thing.

JoAnna shrugged indicating that she does not know why Elanor wants to talk to Sarah as well. "She said that she has something to discuss with both of us, and it's better if both of us are together so she does not need to repeat herself."

"But, why is she coming in person? Can't we just talk on the phone?"

JoAnna shrugged again. "You are asking the wrong person. I'm just a messenger."

Sarah exhaled. "OK. I will be here anyway."

She focused on setting up Eve and pushed any lingering thoughts about Elanor's visit to the back of her mind. It's no use thinking about it now, anyway… and everything will be clarified tomorrow.