Hours earlier........... "Why did you really want to meet, Aria? It is not like I am trying to sound so annoying or anything, but you really are not the type to honour invites like this immediately. Are you sure everything is okay?" Collin, who was looking at the lady that was sitting in front of him asked, trying to figure out if anything was going wrong with her. He had expected her to refuse his request and had prepared for the disappointment, but she rather surprised him by agreeing to come meet him wherever he chose. She was barely eating any slice from the pizza that they ordered, and even the drink he noticed that she really liked was left untouched. As much as she tried to look okay after she accepted his idea to eat lunch together, he still could sense that something was wrong with everything about her. "A very nice friend of mine died. It is so upsetting," Aria told him just one of the many things that was disturbing her, as she picked a golden fork from the one of

Aria sat on her bed all afternoon searching frantically for the social media page of the masked dancer, who was rumoured to have started dancing again after opening a new page. No one knew who the lady was or if she was the one from before, because there was a change in outfit and dancing styles too. It had become a topic issue among netizens and YouTubers, who were looking for all means to connect the present person to the past one. They had tried to pick out coincidences that could make the new dancer the same as the old, but they could not find anything out which eventually died up the comments and speculations. She had to be fast concerning every finding she wanted to know, because it seemed like Dalton was on her radar already trying to look into what she was up to. He was suspecting every of her moves and doings, by asking her random questions that she could never tell the truth to. 'Could he actually be the one plotting all of that and just trying to make her life a living

Aria went back to the house late in the evening and sighted both Ellen and Hailey, taking a tour around the house like it wasn't a place they were already used to. Ellen just looked away without any words to say unlike the way she normally acted, while Hailey gave her the same disgusted look even in her elegance. The billionaire's wife could sense that the obnoxious daughter of the family had become very calm ever since, and just grinned inwardly to what was happening without her best friend's knowledge. It made her elated to know that she had succeeded in putting her in her place. Dalton was surprisingly home already which was earlier than usual that day, and that was exactly why Hailey was at the mansion too. She had sent emails and text messages to him when she was out of the country, which he rarely replied to or even viewed. It really made her so anxious that she could not wait till the five weeks she had planned elapsed, as she flew back to the country as fast as she coul

Aria sat still in front of her dresser mirror for many minutes, running a bright red lipstick over her lip over and over again with stopping. Her eyes had wandered away from the mirror and what she was doing, with only her subconsciousness only performing her before action. She was somewhat lost in the thoughts of what Dalton had said the day before, even if it was not meant to bother her in any way. Though she didn't read the meaning of it or take his words seriously, her mind kept on flashing back to the brief action and words memory that had taken place in Dalton's room. The fact she had kissed him back even when the thought of that used to disgust her before, was a thought on her own to ponder upon. She enjoyed it in a way, even if she hated to admit it. But his words at the ending sounded so sincere, even when she was trying to tell herself that Dalton was not to be trusted. He had done too many things to hurt her, both voluntarily and involuntarily in many ways. Even t

Dalton carried Aria hastily out of the dining and straight to her bedroom, while Alex tried to dial the doctor's phone number. He was at the same time calculating the few minutes that it would take Mark Miller to reach the house, because of the mess that was made in the dining room. The servants were trying their best as Alex urged them to hurry so fast, without telling them why they had to do that in a flash. They had a limited amount of time to change the chandelier, dining table and the number of porcelains that broke alongside the disaster. Everyone was confused about what was happening that no one was telling them, but Alex was not even in the space to give anyone answers. He was directing the servants quickly into what to do, and was at the same time ordering a new luxurious table that matched that dining room. In a jiffy, it had become a combined cleaning of the entire house. Hailey tearfully followed Eleanor into her room this time, while Ellen followed Emma without any