The next day, Aria was much better. Alan lied to her saying they handed the criminals to cops and not to worry about two who had caught fire saying they were saved.

But he didn't tell those two were also shot dead including Ellem whose case was closed as a suicide. And whoever helped Ellem in the business institute faced one or other problems.

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Vince was really impressed to know it was Aria who created a fire line to stop those men. He had thought those men wanted to burn her alive...

"Let's return." Aria spoke to keep her attention away from the pain.

"Why? Don't you like it here?" Alan disinfected her wound carefully as he asked.

"Mansion? It's very beautiful. It's like a dream mansion and a perfect place for relaxing. But your table will top up with loads of files and your work will delay. I will rest over there itself. Brother Fan must be still here for us, no need to trouble him more."

Alan hummed, "If you agree to stay with me until you fully recover, then I will take you back."

Aria agreed and the duo left on the same day bidding Vince who also left to a different country to carry out his one of mercenary missions.

Aria followed Alan the whole two weeks until her wound recovered but pressure on the wound was giving her a lot of pain and she would be dizzy occasionally.

Alan washed her hair every time those days so that she doesn't hurt herself.

On one of the days, Aria stayed in the villa sending Alan to work. She studied for her coming exams as she completed two sets of school assignments that Rian had called and whined at her...

Alan who called Aria during lunchtime to ask her if she ate or not, started to panic because Aria didn't receive his calls. He continuously rang her mobile and messaged her but there was no response.

In a panic, he left the office and sped towards villa as he called his villa security. He reassured him that Aria was in the villa and nobody entered or left.

Other than seeing Aria he had nothing in mind. He reached an hour distance drive in less than forty minutes and bolted in. He ran upstairs and checked his whole room but didn't find her. he saw in the living hall where her works sheets, mobiles, and assignments were present.

He picked her mobile to see forty-seven missed calls, and nineteen messages from him. He checked the gym, terrace, around the pool and near the lake but didn't find her anywhere.

Then he entered the guest room which she hardly enters but saw Aria had got all the paintings of Rian which he had bought.

He sighed shaking his head in resignation. He saw a glass of water and the medicine on the bedside table to realize that she was taking a high dosage medicine to recover quicker and that makes her drowsy.

He couldn't believe he had forgotten that the past days that Aria always slept in his office resting room after lunch saying she was sleepy.

After the country E's incident, he knew he started to worry a lot about her safety even though she had high security in country A.

He didn't return to work instead, he removed his vest coat before snuggling her to sleep.

Aria must have sensed his warmth and presence hence she tossed and went to his embrace before falling into a deep slumber breathing in his scent.

She had wanted to keep blankets for washing hence she had gone to the guest room to get it and her eyes fell on the boards which were neatly packed and kept safely.

Curious, she unpacked to see Rian's paintings. So she checked each and everyone to realize, Alan had bought Rian every painting in which she was present.

Watching those paintings, she didn't realize when she fell asleep.

On the same day, with Alan's help, both cleaned the storage room and bifurcated to seventy percent of the room for making as their gallery.

Alan had thought Aria might laugh at him but he was getting pampered the whole time.

They heard calling bell and Aria was leaving but Alan suddenly lifted her off the floor.

Aria was startled and intuitively wrapped her legs around and held him tight to realize what she just did.

Aria flushed and was about to get down, Alan sat down on chair locking her movements.

"Alan... Rian is at the door."

"Want to go?"

Aria nodded as she tried to loosen her legs as her hands created distance between them.

Alan saw her flushing sitting on his lap trying to run away. "How are you going to thank me?"

Aria pointed paintings, "For those?... I don't know. What do you want? I'll get you that? Now let me go, Rian is waiting."

"Kiss"

Aria: "..."

Aria looked at him in the freeze. 'Crafty president...'

She felt her headache hearing continuous calling bell sound "I... I will give later. Let me go."

Of course, he knew she would escape later, now for Rian, she had no option other than listening to him.

"Now."

Aria: "..."

She knew why he was doing that. She never initiated and he had failed many times already to make her take a step.

"Let Rian stand outside."

Alan nodded and called Rian on speaker from her mobile.

"Hey Little devil, are you alive? Open the door now. Eva wants to use the washroom. Get your as* off to the door."

Aria didn't know Eva and Noah were there. "Beau..."

"Rian, ask your Little devil to make it quicker."

Aria: "..."

"Little devil, I'll beat you up if you don't open door in less than a minute."

Aria: "..."

Rian hung up feeling frustrated standing near the door for nearly ten minutes.

"You scheming President, let me go."

"Oh"

Aria gritted her teeth and pecked on his cheek, "Leave."

"Are you sure, I asked there?"

Aria felt like crying. She pecked on his lips and heard, "That's it?"

She punched his stomach, "Eva wants to use the loo, I'll give later, let me go."

Alan chuckled and carried her till the door. She was about to open the door, Alan pressed his lips on her cheeks making her blush before he elegantly went upstairs to work.

Rian twisted her ear, Eva ran into the guestroom, Noah smacked her head without knowing she had wound.

Aria whined till Rian left, "Looks like Little devil just needs her fiance. Did you forget school?"

Aria rubbed her head and ear as she went towards the couch. Eva smacked her bum and started scolding her.

'Alan, you will die in my hands today.' Aria thought to herself.

Later she had bit Alan's lips until he frowned harder and she escaped nimbly downstairs to continue her work.

The other two copied Aria's book, Rian and Aria completed Aria's some notes.

They were almost done, Rian exploded a bomb, "I am thinking to date... Roxy."

'Boom'

And their teasing session started.