Tucking Aria well under the duvet, Alan unwillingly got ready and left for the office.

Aria who had slept in the Morgan mansion woke up in Cooper mansion in the afternoon.

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'Lazy pig, how can you sleep without waking up in the car?' Aria chided herself pulling herself to lean on the headrest of the bed.

She wanted to go to the office and tried to stop Alan after twice but ended up a few more times until she had no strength to move.

She was sure she had mumbled, Amelia and Roxy will laugh at her if she wakes up weary. So after bathing her, Alan had brought her to Cooper mansion at five in the morning.

Thinking of calling Alan, she picked her mobile to see Finn's three missed calls and messages.

First, she messaged Alan, [Big bad wolf😡]

Then she dialed Finn's number who answered on the fourth ring.

"If you hadn't called me back, I was thinking of filing a missing complaint."

Aria chuckled, "Even if I go missing, you will not file a complaint, instead you will flip the city upside down with Alan. Private army with Military, I would love to watch it live."

"Oh please, you think I have nothing else to do than sending my people behind searching a tiny packet."

Aria snickered, "I would love to watch a different scene too. Can you guess it?... I will answer, I heard many beauties are trying to seduce you including my cousin sister, so how about locking you up with all of them?"

Finn on the other end had 😳 bewildered expression. He knew Aria was capable of doing that.

"I have recorded this. You evil lady, if it happens, I'll complain against you for molesting an innocent man."

"Oh please..." Aria burst into laughter, "You and innocence are opposite ends of the world."

Finn lightly chuckled hearing her and sighed hearing her fine.

"So virtuous innocent man, What's up?"

"Alia, what happened? Why aren't you going to the office?... Yeah before I forget, I called you to tell, Grandpa sent lobsters for you from country M, they are fresh. so where should I send them?"

Aria smiled remembering Harold. "I'm in Cooper mansion. Auntie and uncle aren't at home, right? Why don't you have dinner here?"

Finn took a few seconds to decide, "How can I miss your offer? I'll be there. I need to talk to you about a few things too, I'll see you there."

Aria hummed, "Alright. See you soon."

She kind of knew what he wanted to talk about but didn't bother about it.

She had already decided to stop worrying unnecessarily and stop affecting people around her.

If Oliver was what Saira said, then it was only for Saira and it doesn't matter to her.

Oliver looked after her so well that she wanted to ignore if it had really happened, if not, then well and good. Because there was no way to prove anything.

Aria was dumbfounded looking at Alan's art on her checking in the mirror. She checked the unread message received while talking to Finn.

[It's a big hungered wolf.😉 And anything for my sexy wife.]

She got fresh and had brunch before starting her office work on full vigor.

If she praised somebody for good work, directed some on the right path, rejected a few proposals, and accepted a few meetings to be arranged soon.

In the office, Levi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Aria responding to the office mails, clear, crisp, and professional.

Once she started working all the secretaries got busy carrying out their work. The directors who had thought she might be on vacation got back to work seriously as they prepared well for the coming meeting.

Aria continued her work as she checked the Fourie group too. Eva was pissed off due to Kyle who wasn't responding to calls or messages and Noah was cool about it because it was happening for many days.

Rian had messaged Aria privately saying he wasn't liking how Kyle was treating Noah. His wish to get them together was replaced with getting the proper closure to Noah.

His theory was quite simple. If she really liked Noah and being forced for the marriage, why couldn't she respond to him when he knew about her feelings?

Aria tried to settle his thoughts saying Noah hadn't confessed to her yet and they weren't in her shoes so they shouldn't judge so soon as she might be embarrassed or afraid how Noah might react if she talks.

Aria was happy with how she started handling things. She was happy for clearing her thoughts and getting back to her form.

Finn reached Cooper mansion around two bringing lobsters. Aria's mouth was wide open looking at the quantity.

"Finn, I can arrange a lobster party here. Why did grandfather Harold send so much?"

Finn acted like searching for her standing in front of her. "Alia... I can't see you. Are you there?"

Pouting, she smacked his arm.

Both spoke about Calvin, worked on their laptops, and discussed a few things until the topic came about their past meeting.

"My friends were on the knees for your attitude and how you were ignoring me."

Aria giggled, "What about you? You weren't any less of a boy at that time. I remember this line in the soccer ground, 'I'm not here to steal you from President Morgan.' God! I wasn't with Alan at that time, My three crazy friends always repeated that line in front of Alan leaving me all flustered."

Finn chuckled, pointing at her face, "You are still flushing remembering it."

Aria covered her cheeks seeing him laugh. "What? I was so badly shipped to Alan those days, I didn't even know how to face him. Eva had commented shamelessly and we got caught to Alan. I was finding a hole to hide and you added some more spices."

Finn smiled remembering those days, "That time, I never thought we could have a proper convo."

Aria too never had thought like that so she just smiled. "Hey, Auntie said, you were planning to start a business after school, why did you change plans?"

Finn froze.

He kind of wished to tell her the real reason but he was scared she might judge him which was unlikely. He was afraid she might feel in debt knowing he had to waste five years for her but only he knew how much he treasured those five years and wished to live in those five years.

"To elope with you." Finn responded seriously.