Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO

Emily's lips lifted up in an arrogant, prideful smirk. If it had been before, she wouldn't have loved to tell her identity so much. But now, things were different. She was different.

Putting on a smug expression, she gave a meaningful look to Arwen before speaking, "I am Emily, Arwen's cousin and also soon to be Quinn family. You have heard of the Quinn family, right?"

Aiden's jaws clenched as the realization dawned upon him. His gaze turned to look at Arwen, remembering the tabloids he read online regarding the announcement the Quinns had made.

Although Arwen seemed to stand unaffected, he knew the news had caused some irreparable emotional damage to her —one that she had made herself numb to.

"You look quite handsome to me, so I am giving you a chance to reconsider. Choosing her after she has lost everything won't provide you with any benefits. However, if you come to my side today, I won't treat you unfairly." Emily said, proposing a deal that she thought the man had no reason to refuse. "My cousin was once a great deal, when she belonged to the Quinn family. Now, leaving the title to me, she had left with nothing. So, just don't get attracted to her looks. Be wise and think for the better."

If it had been just any man, she wouldn't have minded. But he was particularly handsome, leaving her to Arwen would be a great loss.

So, she wanted to tempt him to choose her.

But little did she know —she had no charms to tempt the man she was thinking about.

Arwen frowned when she heard Emily. Her brows drew together, and her fingers clenched. "Emily, do you even know who you are coveting? He is my —"

Before she could finish, Emily scoffed unreasonably. "It doesn't matter. As long as it's something that belongs to you and I am interested in, I want it for myself. Be it your title or your man."

"And second thing, Arwen," she sniggered, "you can't even stop me from having the clothes you like her. Do you think you can stop me from having your man?"

"She can."

Before Arwen could retort, Aiden's cold, piercing voice subdued everything in the air.

Emily paused at once. Her brows furrowed as she turned to look at the man, slightly confused. "What do you mean?"

Aiden's eyes were sharp and cold. "I meant exactly what you heard. As long as something belongs to her, no one else can claim it."

"Are you choosing her?" Emily's blood boiled, and she could no longer keep the same arrogance. Her prideful composure slipped the moment she heard the man rejecting her without any hesitation.

But to Aiden, it wasn't the same.

Turning to Arwen, his gaze became gentle. He held her hand in his and smiled. "I can't choose her," he said, as if stating something obvious yet something very secret, "because I already belong to her. And once something belongs to someone, it can't be taken away by anyone else."

Arwen was taken aback. Although she was used to his such deep, swooning words, she never thought he would ever speak them to her aloud, in front of so many people.

Does he not realize that he was, in a way, objectifying himself by saying he belonged to her?

The two store assistants standing there felt goosebumps rising on their skin. They exchanged a quiet gaze but didn't say anything.

Emily, on the other hand, felt insulted. She thought the man would have the brains to choose the right side. She never expected him to be so dumb that he couldn't even tell that siding with whom would give him the advantage.

"If you think so, no one is dumber than you."

"Emily, I've had enough of you," Arwen snapped the moment she heard her against Aiden. "Don't test my patience. Just because I am giving you an escape, doesn't mean I can't find anything that would cut all your arrogance."

Of course, she has ways. She simply doesn't want to put her energy —that's why she had been dodging it.

But even she has the limit. She won't let Emily simply override it.

"You think you still have that capability?" Emily mocked. Then nodding, she said, "Fine, if you believe so. Just prove the same to me." She then pointed at the array of dresses in the row and added, "Choose anything and stop me from making it mine."

Arwen frowned. She knew she can't. Emily stood there with the mall's limited membership card. And until she holds it, she could buy whatever she put her hands on.

"Moon," Aiden's sombre voice tugged at her as he slow asked, "Which pairs did you like before?"

Arwen glanced at him. "I —"

"You are too naive to think that she could get what she had liked," Emily blurted out, sarcasm dripping from her tone. "I hold the limited membership card of this mall here. As long as I put a finger on anything she chooses, it would belong to me."

Aiden simply gazed at Arwen and motioned her to choose, regardless. "Believe me and choose."

She nodded and then turned to look at the store assistant who was there to assist her before. "Pick those two in pastel colors and last two with bold colors," she gestured with her hand.

And the woman quickly moved to work on her instruction. She wanted to speak something on Arwen's choices but held back, looking at the situation. "Is there anything else, ma'am?"

Arwen shook her head. "No, we would first try these four pairs before deciding."

"No need to try, I will take them," Emily spoke the moment Arwen finished. Her lips lifted in a smug smirk at het before she turned to the other store assistant and gestured her. "Go on, and wrap them for me."

The store assistant didn't like her attitude, but she had no position to stand against it. So, she moved to carry out the orders.

However, just when she was about to take the dresses, a voice stopped her.

"Stop there!"