Noah placed his hand across Aria's shoulder and walked out of the club. He would let Ronnie deal with Mason. Stuart did not stop him. He knew she was safe with Noah. The other people too did not interfere in the matter. Noah's cold face was making them hesitate.

As soon as they were outside, Aria escaped from him and ran towards the garden.

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." She spread her arms wide and ran around like a little child.

"Aria." Noah hastily followed her.

"Weeeeeeeeeee." Aria sang again and turned to look at Noah.

"Look, I am flying. Weeeeeeee." She was still running around.

"Aria, come. Let's go home." Noah said, when he had successfully managed to catch her. He must say it was a little tiring.

"Home. Where is it?" She asked, looking up from his embrace.

"My home, Aria. Remember, I had taken you there once."

"Your home?" Aria thought. The entire time Noah was walking towards his car, with his hand firmly on her waist, lest she should run away again.

Ronnie saw Aria acting weird. He opened the door to the car immediately. He guessed at once that she was drunk.

"Get in. Okay. We will go home." Noah said and closed the car door. He walked to the other side and before he could sit, Aria had opened her side of the door and run away.

"Weeeeeeeeeeeee." She ran around. People started to look at her and laughed. Some people also took out their phones to record her.

"Damn it." Noah got down and chased after her.

"Make sure nobody records a thing," Noah ordered Ronnie.

After a while of playing cat and mouse, Noah caught Aria. This time he carried her princess style to the car. He did not leave her hand after he made her sit inside, afraid that she would run away again. He sat down beside her.

"Drive." He ordered. Ronnie started driving immediately.

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeee." Aria said and laughed. Noah looked at her and his face softened.

Aria then turned to see Noah. Her heart was in a frenzy. She stared at him dreamily taking in his features.

"So hands up." She said.

"What?" Noah couldn't make out what she said.

"You are so hands up."

Noah understood that she was mixing up between hands up and handsome.

"You are so cute," Aria said next and pinched his cheeks. She stretched it, hurting him in the process.

"Ouch. Aria, you are hurting me."

"You are so cute," Aria said and kissed him on the cheek.

Noah's heart missed a beat at this action. His gaze lingered on her.

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." The romantic atmosphere was ruined when Aria became crazy again.

"I am flying." She said and chuckled. Suddenly she held Noah's face in her hands and poked his cheek and blew air near his earlobe. He stiffened at once. She did not know what she was doing to him.

"I want to kiss you," Aria said and held Noah's face. She inclined herself towards him. Before anything could happen, she pushed him.

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." She stretched her arms and exclaimed. The next moment she burped. "Oops."

"Drive faster," Noah commanded as he looked at the crazy Aria beside him. Even though she was acting weird, she looked very cute.

Following the orders, Ronnie stepped on the accelerator and covered the remaining distance in no time.

As soon as the car stopped, Noah opened the door and held Aria's hands pulling her with him.

"I want to go in the car. Where are you taking me?" Aria tried to push him.

"Darling, be good. Okay." Noah said.

Aria looked at his face and grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"You are so beautiful." She said and stumbled.

Seeing her wobble, Noah picked her and started to walk. She tightened her arms around his neck and snuggled closer to his body.

Noah sighed looking at Aria. He made a promise to himself to never allow her to drink in the future. When they were inside the mansion, he placed her on the sofa.

"Wait, for me here. I'll get you some water." He left her alone.

After a few seconds, he returned with a glass of water. However, Aria was not present. He panicked. But the very next moment, he heard someone sing.

"Baby Shark doo doo, doo doo doo doo.

Baby Shark doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Baby Shark doo doo, doo doo doo doo."

Noah turned towards the direction of the voice and was surprised. Aria was standing near the window and was dancing right in front of it. The servants had been relieved of their work and were ordered not to step inside the mansion. Otherwise, they would have witnesses their future Madam's crazy antics. That would have been embarrassing.

Noah chortled. It was the first time that he saw something so adorable. He stared at her for a while, before walking to her.

"Aria, sweetheart. Drink some water." Noah held the glass of water. She stopped singing at once.

"Noah, baby. Come dance with me." Aria held his hand tried to twirl him. However, he did not budge.

"First, you drink water."

"Okay." Aria took the glass and emptied it.

"Where were we?" Aria asked.

"We were about to go to sleep," Noah said, leading her to the guest room.

"Yay, sleep." Aria jumped. "Come let's go."

Noah led her to the guest room. He did not mind sleeping with her in the master room. But he knew, the next day when Aria came out of her drunken state, she would definitely murder him.

"It's so hot," Aria said, jumping on the bed.

"I'll switch on the air conditioner. It will become better."

Noah picked up the remote and reduced the room temperature. When he turned back to look at Aria, she was trying to push her zipper down. It was already halfway down. Her snow-white skin was visible to his eyes. He gulped looking at the beautiful scenery. He had to stop her. Otherwise, he would definitely do something for which they were not ready yet.

"Wow. Wow. Wow. Aria, hold on. What are you doing?" Noah zipped up the dress and held her hands.

"It's hot. By the way, who are you?"

"Don't you know me?" Noah asked, a little angry. If drinking made Aria forget him, then that was something he had to keep her far away from.

Aria wriggled in his arms. She then blinked a few times before looking up to see him.

"It's you. Wait, what's your name?"

Noah raised an eyebrow. She was acting all spoilt.

"I know you. You are Ally."

"Ally?" Noah was confused. 'Who was Ally? Was he her past?' He pondered.

"Yes. Ally. My Ally." Aria said and hugged him so tight that it was difficult for him to breathe.

"Aria, you are squeezing me," Noah said and the next moment he realized the ambiguity in his words. He felt that he was talking dirty. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Aria, go to sleep. You are a good girl right?"

"Good girl. I am a good girl." Aria pulled back.

"Yes, and good girls listen to people. Now go to sleep. Okay."

"Okay," Aria said and hopped on the bed. Before Noah could realize what was happening, she pulled him along with him and straddled him.

"I am a good girl. I want my reward."

"What..." His words were swallowed by her sudden kiss. But the kiss ended as fast as it came. It was just a peck.

"Noah, why did Papa leave me, leave Ivy?" Aria asked. She had turned from hyperactive to a docile creature. Her face became sad at once.

This time Noah's heart skipped a beat. He did not know what to say. He made her sit properly and sat beside her.

Aria crawled and sat on his lap and rested her head on his chest.

"Tell me, Noah. Why did Papa leave us? Did he not like us? Does he hate us?" Aria hiccuped. Only when his shirt became wet, did he notice that she was crying?

"What did we do wrong?"

Noah was guilty. He was the reason she was sad. He was silent for a while, thinking about how to console her.

"Aria. You did nothing wrong. It was just that the circumstances were not in your favor. Don't worry okay. Nobody hates you." Noah said. When he did not get any reply from the woman in his arms, he looked down and saw that she was deep asleep. He lifted her, placed her on the bed and pulled the duvet up to her shoulders.

He glanced at the sleeping woman, kissed her forehead and made a silent promise to her.

'I'll make everything alright. You will get your father back. It's a promise.'