Noah respected his father-in-law's decision and made it a point to speak to Ian later. Elation and joy were evident on his face and Oliver stifled a smile. He could more or less guess what was running in the young man's mind. Finding the sudden urge to pull his son-in-law's leg, he commented, "I too have been through what you are thinking."

His sudden words were like a grenade being thrown at Noah and he widened his eyes, stupefied. "What?"

"I know that feeling of having the woman you like alone with you, without anybody disturbing you. I have passed your age and I know what you are thinking right now." Oliver replied with a smile and this time, Noah did not have any come back at him. If it was Ian or Joshua who were pulling his legs he could have slapped their faces with a cold reply. But it was Oliver. So, all he could do was stay mum, while his ears reddened in embarrassment.

Oliver chuckled out loud seeing Noah's cute face and leaned forward, his eyes gleaming in mischief. "What is this?" He exclaimed, making Noah look up. "Am I seeing Noah Carter blush like a small boy? Is that right?" He gasped and Noah had the intense desire to run away from the hall. He had never experienced such a situation before and he did not know how to tackle it. "How cute!!"

Hearing the word cute made Noah cringe. He had become allergic to it since the time the members of the West family had started calling his guard, Ronnie cute. To his dismay, right at that moment, Ronnie entered and Noah glared at him, shooting cold daggers.

Ronnie halted in his place and blinked at his Boss in confusion. 'Now, what did I do?' He wondered, unable to comprehend what was happening and why his Boss was glaring at him as though he wanted to send him on a trip to hell. 'Was I not supposed to enter right now? Is it because I heard Mr. West call him cute that he is annoyed?' His thoughts ran wild, completely far away from the actual reason.

Noah clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes, and this time Ronnie was spooked beyond belief. Not wasting another moment, he retraced his steps and left the mansion, dreading for his life. 'What did I do? Why does Boss look like he wants to cut me into pieces and feed me to wolves?'

Not knowing anything about how Ronnie was having a mental breakdown at that moment, Noah was still reeling in the embarrassment, while Oliver looked on. His teasing gaze made him fidget in his seat and when he could tolerate it no longer, Noah gave up. "I am going to prepare dinner, Dad."

"Sure, go ahead son. Prepare a good, scrumptious dinner so that you can get to Aria's heart through her stomach." Oliver also did not forget to wink at him and Noah averted his gaze, fleeing from the hall before the man could add more words to his embarrassment. This time, Oliver could not control himself and he laughed out loud until his stomach hurt. This was the first time he was seeing the man behave like a kid.

Noah, usually, remained calm and composed, aloof even. Seeing him blush, Oliver found him cute and adorable. He stared in the direction where Noah had left for a long time before shaking his head and returning to focus on his work.

Noah reached his room as fast as he could. Although it was not a big deal to get teased, Joshua had pulled his leg quite a few times before, Noah did not want to be flustered before his father-in-law. "Phew," He wiped the few droplets of sweat that had formed on his forehead and plopped on the bed. "Why didn't I realize before that Dad could be this fun too?" He muttered, loosening his tie slowly.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, his migraine making its presence known slowly. Noah shook his head and stood up. 'Aria will be back soon. I need to prepare dinner for her.' With the thought in mind, he opened his wardrobe, only to find a piece of clothing greeting him happily. He stared at the black, skimpy, lace underwear and his Adam applied bobbed with desire.

Noah's stretched his hand forward and held the black clothing in his hand. And immediately at once, his hand burned, heat rushing through his body. His mind was a mess and his lips ran dry. Licking his lips, he blinked at it. 'What are you doing, Noah?' He threw the clothing back inside and took a step backward. 'You are becoming a pervert. Agh,' He groaned and removed his coat, throwing it aside. 'Focus, focus, focus.'

Although his mind was telling him to focus, his evil side popped up. 'Yes, Noah. Focus on making love to Aria. Focus on getting her to your bed. Focus on eating her up.' His evil mind spoke to him, making him nod at his suggestion. However, immediately after, his good side made its presence known. 'No, Noah. Focus on getting to her heart first. You need to first make sure she loves you. Make sure that she is happy with you before you make the final step.'

'Bullshit,' His evil mind interjected at once. 'Make love to her and her heart will be yours.'

'Nonsense. Get to her heart, she will come to you on her own.'

A war of words started between his good and evil side and Noah started to go crazy as seconds ticked by. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. When he could not tolerate it any longer, he shouted in dismay. "Get out, get out. Get the hell out. Leave me alone." He held his head and the next moment, his thoughts vanished, leaving his mind blank.

He stayed that way for a long time before he calmed his raging heart and changed out of his suit, completely oblivious to the chaos his sudden outburst had created.

An important phone call from one of the clients had made Ronnie come to meet him. He was already scared shit by Noah's glare and after a lot of thinking and processing, he had taken the courageous step to meet Noah. But the moment he was about to knock on the door, he heard Noah yell and that was all it took for the man to run for his life. He did not want to face his Boss's wrath for no fault of his. 'I am yet to experience a lot of things yet. I cannot die this soon. Sorry Boss. I need to save my ass first, work comes later.'