Alan made her face him to see her remorseful eyes, "If you cry now, I will make them regret."

Aria pouted shrugging his hands and heard him. "You didn't push any one of them to like the other one. You just let them spend time together. If one has feeling and other isn't then that's not your mistake. Whether to get what they love will depend on them. So..."

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Aria cut in, "Is this the reason you asked me to let them handle?"

Alan promptly responded even though he knew it would make her feel worse. "Hmm"

"Okay, I'll not do it again." A dejected tone sounded.

Alan knocked on her head, "You are looking like your love is in love with somebody else."

'Livid Prince, can't you give a better instance?'

"For that, I should get the one." She told it to piss him off but she was pinned on his lap in split second.

'Where did that laptop go?' She thought to herself and saw his raised brows and his eyes on eyeing her intently.

Aria thought he wouldn't do anything as there was a driver but she was extremely wrong.

"You should get one?"

Aria awkwardly smiled hearing his interrogating tone, "No. I don't want one."

"Oh!"

She tried to push him but he started to tease her lips making her yearn for his kiss and taste of his lips.

Aria was at loss. She couldn't push him then when she stopped pushing him, her urge for the kiss increased but she didn't get one.

When she opened her eyes, Alan left her, "Since you don't want one, no need."

Alan saw her alluringly blushing and slightly parted soft red lips which were making him hard control too but he controlled.

He had really thought Aria would kiss him for his tease but she didn't which made him think she didn't accept him completely even after so long.

It was always him who took initiative in their relationship. So he wasn't sure if she was still considering him or likes him too.

He dispersed his thoughts and made her sit back on the seat.

Aria sat still feeling her cheeks burn licking her own lips feeling like a wronged one. Seeing him get back on work without talking or teasing her, she wasn't sure what just happened.

'Shouldn't I be the one to be angry for getting bullied?'

Alan didn't talk again. Aria never usually speaks first whenever he gets intimate so she remained quiet too.

Aria accompanied Eva seeing her down. Alan didn't mind it but his hearty conversation with Aria turned to hums and single word responses.

Aria didn't notice the changes worrying about Eva and Isaac.

Eva didn't tell anything to Aria and the latter thought Eva must be conflicted to say she likes one of the friends hence she didn't force her either.

After returning, tired Noah went to his home, Eva was picked by her father from the Airport. Rian and Aria to the Morgan mansion.

Alan didn't go to the Morgan mansion and left for his villa. Aria had thought Alan would stay with her but could only see him leave in a different car.

Isaac's break time had become his isolation time and lazed on the bed most of the time thinking about Eva.

Eva didn't talk much with anybody and stayed silent.

After the second day of school and her weird short video call at night to Alan made her realize Alan and Eva weren't themselves with her.

She could wait for Eva to make her mind but Alan...

The previous day, she had thought he must be really busy with work so she didn't think much since it repeated again, she was feeling very uneasy and emptiness.

After tossing on the bed feeling restless for some time, she knocked on Amelia and Rowan's bedroom door.

Rowan opened the door and called her in. Amelia spoke seeing Aria's troubled expression, "Arrie, what happened?"

Aria gingerly spoke looking down, "I want to go near Alan... Now."

Amelia and Rowan looked at each other before the latter responded, "Shall I ask a driver to drop you?"

Aria had thought they wouldn't agree thinking it was a late night.

Hearing Rowan, she smiled and shook her head before running out, "I'll drive. I'll be careful too."

Amelia smiled looking at Aria's hurriedness. "Arrie is very fond of Alan."

Rowan hummed and saw outside from the bay window. Seeing Aria exiting in her sleepwear and home slipper without changing even to her leisurewear, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Very much indeed. These two finally found their love."

He cuddled his wife on the bed to sleep falling into deep slumber happy for their kids.

Aria sped on the highway and reached the villa in less than forty minutes. Alan was sleeping when she entered his room.

She knew he had become a very important part of her life a very long back.

She felt complete seeing his calm sleeping face. She had thought to complain to him about himself for taking her fun remarks seriously but she didn't.

She climbed on the bed to sleep next to him but Alan woke up by the movements on the bed.

His first reaction was to think of her as an intruder going into defense and saw Aria.

The best intruder he could wish for.

But he got up turning on night lamp worried about her, "Aria, what happened?"

He didn't get a response and received a tight embrace of his little woman.

Alan didn't want his mood to affect Aria hence he hadn't talked much the whole day. He embraced her tiny body and asked.

"Missed me?"

Aria hummed and didn't leave him. Aria didn't complain and held his face gently with both hands as her nose rubbed his making him smile.

"I don't want anybody else."

"Only me?"

Aria hummed without hesitation.

Alan saw her determined eyes and kissed her forehead fondly.

Both continued to talk for a long time in a low voice about each other, looking at each other in the dimly lighted room.

Alan who was leaning on headboard still had a blissful smile seeing Aria who was asleep in his embrace wrapping her hands around him.

Even though Aria never confessed him but she never lied about her feelings whenever Alan asked anything.

So he understood how to know about her instead of thinking too much and his little woman was a too shy and demure lady to give in to any temptation.

Both were silly enough to argue for stupid reasons and were very mature and sensible to solve their little misunderstandings quickly without any ego.