Alex was running his hand through his hair. He looked frustrated. He didn't understand exactly what had happened with Emily. Couldn't he protect her?

He even had asked to, who he had sent to protect Emily during the tournament, "what had happened with Emily during the tournament." But he didn't get any clue. Because according to them, everything was normal during the tournament and no one had approached her with evil intention.

He had told all that to Max and Noah. Noah was thinking carefully about the whole thing. Yesterday he had raised his hand on Alex in anger but he knew how strict Alex was for anyone's safety. Noah knew very well about to bodyguards that Alex had hired to protect Emily, and he knew that the bodyguards didn't even care about their own lives to protect anyone.

He thought of something which they did not notice. He opened his mouth to say this. "I think the main fact is hidden from us."

"What do you mean?" Max asked him.

"I have to see those photos for that."

"And she's not ready to give you Emily's mobile." Alex looked at Avery and said. She was sitting like a little bunny in a corner of the wall. She was holding Emily's mobile close to her chest as if her life was in that mobile.

Noah had asked her for mobile but she didn't want to give it to anyone. She was sitting on the floor in the corner. She didn't want anyone to see those photos.

To try once again Noah got up from his seat and approached her. He sat on his knees in front of her. "Little Sister ....."

"No, I will not," Avery yelled at him before he could say anything.

Alex Signed on hearing her and he also got up from his seat and went to her. He also sat on his knees next to Noah.

"Love." He said very softly.

"No Alex, I will not give you mobile." She said and buried herself even more in walls. Alex took a deep breath and stretched out his hand towards her. With her eyes closed, she knew nothing about the hand that was coming towards her. Her eyes widened when she felt a strong grip on her arm. She looked up and her gaze met to Alex's. Because of her stubbornness, Alex had no choice but to force her. He pulled her in one move and her head hit his chest.

He quickly placed one of his hands on her back and held her in place. He took his other hand close to her chest and forcibly took the mobile from her hands. He handed the mobile to Noah. And here Avery shouted. "No! Why did you do that?" She started crying, her small fist began to hit Alex's chest. Seeing her like he felt very helpless and he immediately hugged her.

He was trying to calm her down by rubbing her back. But she was constantly crying. "Alex, why did you do that? Why Alex?" She started hitting him on back and biting him on chest. He didn't care if she was biting or hitting him. Just he didn't want to see her miserable condition.

"If he will misuse those photos. What if he will also blackmail Emily? Email. She will try to take her own life again."

"Nothing like that will happen. He will not do anything like that."

"How can you say that?"

"Because I know." He grabbed both her shoulders and separated her from himself. "Ave, he has a right. He has a right to know everything about Emily."

"But why?" The tip of her nose was completely red and there were tears in her eyes. Her lips were trembling and Alex wanted to kiss those trembling lips very badly.

"Because he loves her."

"No!" she yelled and hit him. "He doesn't love her. I saw that he had even refused to recognize her. He has no right." She got up from the corner of the wall.

Noah was standing a short distance from them. Every word of Avery pierced his heart. He didn't think he would have to pay such a high price for ignoring Emily.

As Avery was about to go to Noah, Alex grabbed her hands and pinned her on the wall. "Why don't you understand that he has the right?" He shouted at her. His wide-open eyes were bloody red. She flinched at the anger in his eyes and her body began to tremble.

Seeing her trembling body, he noticed that he scarred her again. He sighed and pulled her into his warm embrace. He placed one of his hands on her waist and began to pat her back with the other. He tilted his head down and brought his lips to her ears. "Love, Noah loves Emily just like I love you and Max loves Raina."

He said to her in a very soft voice. Instead of responding to him, she turned her face to other side and stayed in his arms. Alex gestured to Noah to do his job.

Noah connected Emily's mobile with Max's computer. He restored everything that Emily had deleted. There were some messages and emails. He found out within ten minutes that who had sent her all this.

He looked at Alex and smirked at him. Alex was still holding Avery in his arms, he understood the meaning of Noah's devilish smirk and he too passed him a smirk.

....

Emily was sitting on the bed with her head down and looking at her lap. This time Noah was sitting on the bed next to her instead of sitting on the chair. Raina and Avery were sitting on the couch. Alex and Max were standing next to them.

Raina raised her eyes and looked at Max and took his hand in hers. Her hand was cold and was sweating. Max narrowed his green eyes and bent down. "What happened princess?" He put his other hand on her shoulder and whispered in her ear. "I'm worried about Emily."

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." He kissed her on the head and sat on the arm of the sofa next to her.