"Do you want to stay here? I think my family pressure might be too much for you to handle," Dalton turned to Aria and spoke to her in low words, trying to consider her in the best way that he could. He wanted to ask her so many things too about what really happened at the picnic. The curiosity of what happened was eating him up, and he hated to admit that he was listening to Alex's advice. 'It was really weird that he was becoming calmer and nicer than he usually was.'"No. It is okay. I have a lot to still do anyways," she chuckled dryly, and turned to the front of the car mirror to check out something insignificant. She needed a distraction. "Alex is on the move and we are going to get to the bottom of all these incidents. I will not allow anything to happen to you, Ari," Dalton said to her, with a hundred percent assurance in his eyes. 'Just how did both of them become like that? Their final goodbye would be more painful than the grand plan ass-kicking parade she plann
"Why do you look startled?" Dalton asked Aria immediately he entered the room and closed the door, as she dropped the call and put the phone on the table beside her. "Nothing... it's nothing," Aria chuckled dryly and turned her face immediately from Dalton's sight, but he moved closer to her and held her cheeks with his palms. "Why do you look so pale? Who was that?" He asked with concern for her in his eyes, trying to steady her face which kept looking towards the floor instead of looking at him. "I'm fine. Just under the weather and maybe PTSD. So many doors have been shut behind me lately, and it is giving me some kind of creep and fear," she said whatever came to mind, and he kissed her forehead gently to console her. She was really stressed. Her mind was distressed, and it was really difficult to focus her mind. Her body was numb and weak by the news she received, and it was kind of hard to digest because her head had been in the wrong direction all along. She needed a distr
Miller's mansionEmma's room"What...do..you mean? Who is that? What are you even saying?" Emma asked Aria with a puzzled look on her face, and the billionaire's wife was glaring really hard at her. She had so many things to say and ask, but she was being calm to watch what would happen. "You know very well what I am saying. You are MAS and you know what I am trying to say. The clothes, lingeries, facial masks, are all hidden in your dressing room," Aria persisted with a scornful look on her face, as she posed the violent aura like she was going to beat Emma if she denied any further. "And I cannot own anything I wish because I might be sharing the same fun clothing with a dancer?" "Oh girl. Don't try to play dumb with me. It sounds really stupid for you to say that you do not know who MAS is. I mean how wouldn't you know the good masked bitch, who had been calling out your family on social media for their wrong doings. How do you think Dalton would feel if he knows that you are the
The next morningMiller's mansionAria's bedroomAria woke up tired and stressed on the bed that she was sprawled upon, with so much that seemed so strange to her. The last thing she remembered from the previous day was drinking from her tequila, and feeling so drowsy till the point that she could stand up again. 'I could have just died like that if last night was a plot to kill me.' Aria shook her head in her carelessness, as she tried to stand up even if her entire body was aching badly. Suddenly, her brain awakened and she realized that her drink being drugged, was a bit of an issue she should not take with levity. She quickly stood up and casted her dress to the floor in front of the dresser, as she checked every part of her body to see that nothing had gone wrong at all. "Shit. What happened when I fell asleep?" Aria mumbled over and over again, as she moved in circles because of the restlessness that hit her heart. 'Only she and Dalton shared the room, so there was no wa
FlashbackYears ago sometimes in winter. From the uncompleted old house that was covered in dust and surrounded by dirt, a man rushed out of the building with some scrunched-up clothes in his hand. He threw it angrily into the dust at the swing of both hands, as a woman rushed out after him to rescue the luggage from him."You should not do this. You shouldn't split the family like this!" The weak woman tried to make her intentions known so loudly with all her strength, as she held the man tight by the waist in an attempt to beg him. In anger, he flung her away from his body with disgust, and she fell to the other side immediately. Her body, which would have hit the ground in the rage of his force, was held to pause the arms of her daughter who was in time to hold her tight. That was how he usually hit her every time she did something displeasing, and had been so violent throughout the years of their marriage. He had never seen anything good about her or the kids, and had made the
The entire state of Dalton had become restless and so sad, ever since Aria's disappearance from the house and her confirmed traveling. There was no way that he could be himself knowing that his wife was suffering that much, when he had ignored her so badly all those years. He could never forgive himself. He had told every of his family members to return to their house immediately, which included his mother, sisters, and even most of their maids. Every room that was initially occupied in the house was locked, and only a few maids, gardeners, butlers, and control room operators were left. Many things about Dalton became empty after the second day of finding out about Aria's condition, with his connections with people across different parts of the country helping him to make underground searches and investigations. Alex had been working tirelessly too from airport to airport, to confirm the airways that Aria took to wherever she went to. He checked seaports and every means he fel
After the departure with Collin in the past who left sadly after he could not win Ariana's heart after everything, she cut ties with the group that she had joined and left for California with one sole purpose; Finding her sister. It was very hard at first. There was no wedding announcement. No news from the press, and no uproar with a scandal or secret footage. It feared Ariana. 'What if her sister had misheard? What if their father lied about a marriage? What if he sold her?' Hamilton ran to Dalton's grandfather for help after he lost the entire money, but it was so hard to even speak with him until months had passed. When he finally did, tracking the money was hard because a lot of illegal transactions had been done while withdrawing the funds daily in different parts of the state and even the country. After Ariana was dealing with her father in the most painful way possible, she started investigations on shortlisting the names of billionaires in the city. She ran background c
Ariana, who is still identifying as Aria, had returned to check on her sister in Italy, whose vitals were improving to stability already, and could move her body parts too according to signals. She also met with the foreign investigator to whom she had paid lots of money days before, and presented evidence that she had against Eva to speed up investigations against her. He teamed up with some of his group back in California, who did most of the remaining research covertly. Her health condition seemed to be deteriorating too with an increase in pain by the day, which put her in fear that her sister might not wake up soon enough to see her. And with all those burdens in her heart, she missed Dalton too even if she wouldn't accept it. The fear that she might never see him again also clung to her heart, and caused an ache that refused to go even if she tried to wade the thoughts away. It brought near tears to her face too because it was too sad for her to handle the turmoil her life wa