Levi reported the initial investigation report result, "Morse Industries."

Aria started laughing. Morse Industries was one of the top companies in country A. Its headquarters was in the capital city.

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She stopped laughing and was on the verge of weeping by keeping her head on the table, "I thought my life was going to be peaceful soon. I don't want to start a world war. I am so tired of all these new dramas every day. Do I look like an immortal? Why does god doesn't have mercy on me? I'm just a little girl in the business..."

Levi: 'President Cooper reached her limit.'

He quickly recorded a short video of her and sent it to Alan. Levi knew he couldn't handle her and he knew except Alan, nobody can understand her state of mind.

Aria sent Levi out asking him to confirm the information. She dialed Alan's number after a few minutes and said, "Alan, I will run far away."

She had just finished saying, the door flung open and Alan hung up the call rushed to her seeing her sitting on the floor mat near the couch looking like she lost a part of her.

Aria raised her hands for him to carry her up but he sat down and cupped her face. "What happened? Haven't I told you don't push yourself?"

Aria started crying after seeing him, "I thought everything is resolved and rest will be solved. Why is everything getting messy? What have I done to them? I don't even know them. They came behind my life then maligned Dad. We just solved it. Just now Noah settled. I had thought now everything was going to be peaceful but this Morse Industries came up. And that stupid Focus is behind us Fourie for the show. Does he think I'm a fool, not to understand why he arranged the reality show? I just got happy but everything is back to one..."

Aria who always stayed strong threw off everything and voiced it out as she cried on and on.

Alan knew she had been buried for long so he didn't stop her and kept wiping her tears hearing her. He understood she wasn't doubting herself. She was tired of fighting her way out of every problem and lies.

She stopped crying when she started hiccupping, "Why am I (hic) crying so mu (hic) much? Am I (hic) looking like (hic) ugly demon?"

Alan cleaned her bright red running nose and helped her to drink water.

They heard a knock on the door. Aria wiped her face on Alan's arm and said without moving away from Alan, "Come in..."

Rose hesitatingly entered holding a paper bag. She blushed looking at the couple closely sitting but she cringed seeing Alan's gaze who had told nobody should enter inside.

"Rose?"

Rose swiftly ran to flushed Aria and placed the bag next to her and ran far before saying, "I heard assistant Levi saying you are sad so I thought this might help you." Then she ran out without wasting a second there.

Aria pointed to herself, "Do I look so scary? Why was she scared?"

She checked the bag to see an ice cream small tub, she opened the bag and started eating like a chipmunk as she sniffled continuously.

Alan wasn't sure if his smile suited that time seeing her weakly sitting and savoring the ice cream forgetting everything.

After finishing the quarter, she looked up at Alan and fed him. He ate without rejecting her.

Soon they again heard a knock and Aria frowned, "Why can't they leave me alone?" She whined but still called them, "Enter."

She saw Calvin enter inside clutching an envelope. He paused looking at how they were sitting and soon realized she had cried. He forgot how he was feeling and asked. "What happened?"

Aria ate a spoonful and asked, "What is left to happen?... Someday somebody calling me a mother is left. Probably I have to go for a DNA test even though I will know I am not its mother... What is going on with my life?"

Calvin was baffled while Alan filled her mouth with ice cream. "Eat Eat... Don't think about anything."

Aria obediently hummed and got back to her ice cream ignoring both men.

Alan didn't leave her side and extended his hand at Calvin who handed the reports which had 99.99%. He placed it on the table understanding Calvin got to know who his parents were.

Calvin asked, "What's wrong with her? Why did she cry?"

Aria raised her head but Alan sent her attention back to ice cream. "Eat, it will melt soon."

Aria hummed and got back to her ice cream.

Alan gently asked, "We will go out for some days. Where do you want to go?"

Aria raised her head with a spoon between her lips, "I want to go... hill station, no beach, no, that floating house on the river... actually I just want to sleep all day... No, I want to eat ice cream..." Failing to decide anything, Aria wailed, "I don't know what to do. When did I stop doing what I like? I don't even know what to do."

Alan regretted asking, "Okay okay, eat ice cream. I will plan."

"Uh" Aria nodded in confusion but asked as she sniffed, "What about companies?"

"If directors can't handle without us for some days, then no need to employ them. We will fire them." Alan carefully said and heard her agree before going back to ice cream.

Calvin was completely at loss looking at Aria who was behaving like a little fragile confused child. He again tried, "Is she drunk?"

Alan's face turned grim and responded, "Thanks to your mother's years of planning."

Calvin clenched his fist tight. He understood when and all it went wrong and how his mother fooled him and why Aria had asked those questions. "How did you guys know?"

Aria spoke, "I'm tired of thinking about you all. When I was right all the while why am I being judged every time? Why every time I have to think about how you feel? I get scolded for asking anything, I was judged harshly for trusting my father, I get an ungrateful tag for pointing your wrongs. I still try to help you all but still you judge it and distrust me. Why? Am I so easy that you push all the blame on me? Why do I have to fight every time to..."

Alan pushed the ice cream tub aside and pulled her to embrace, "Shhh... Stop thinking all that."

Aria started sniffling harder. Alan carried her up pointing to the couch for Calvin to be there and entered the bedroom.

Aria who always buried small hurtful things finally bursts out and cried till she fell asleep while Alan coaxed her without getting irritated.

Many times he had thought how easily she used to push off their curses and blames, now he understood she was just trying to ignore it without showing to anybody.