Both Alexander and Aria turned around and saw a woman. She was wearing a red dress which barely covered her body.

Her blonde hair was falling on her bare back while she licked her lips seductively when Alexander looked at her.

Walking towards Aria and Alexander, she said in a seductive voice, "Alexander Black. I recognised you from there.",she pointed towards the entrance.

"And you are?" Alexander asked without even bothering to look at the woman for more than two seconds.

"I'm Ginna! How can you not remember me?" The woman pouted. She thought she looked cute but she didn't. She looked like a clown and Aria was holding a laugh when she saw her face.

"I have other important things to do than talking to you so if you have something to tell me, just tell me already." He was already getting annoyed at that woman.

"I'm Ginna Marielle. My father is your business partner, Joe Marielle and my mother is Grace Marielle. We were friends in university."

"Were we? I don't remember you to be honest and I've had only one friend and that was Rick.Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take my girlfriend for a dance. Let's go, love.",Alexander said to Aria and fowarded his palm.

Aria gladly put her hands in his and he led her on the dance floor where everyone were slow dancing.

Anna was dancing with Kenzo.

John was dancing with Bella.

Mike was dancing with some random girl.

Alexander rested his hand on her waist while the other hand was interlocked with hers. Her other hand was on his shoulder.

They were matching their steps even though it was the first time they were both dancing. Alexander used to come to these types of balls but he never brought anyone with him, he always came alone.

So it was kind of a shock for all the people present there that he brought a woman with him.

They were lost in each other's eyes. They kept on dancing and dancing until they heard people applauding, that's when they realised that the song ended and quickly pulled away from each other.

They walked towards a table and sat down with the whole family.

"You two look so great together!" Anna shouted happily.

"I agree! When's the wedding bro?" Mike asked and smirked.

"I'm sure that you would want to be alive to witness the wedding." Alexander said which made Mike rolled his eyes, "I wanna be a bridesmaid! I wish I was a girl--"

"You guys are talking about their marriage when Alex haven't even proposed yet!" Bella said. Her son was already old enough and she thought that it was high time for him to settle down. "I want grandchildren" she whinned.

"You can still have kids mom, you know? You're not that old.",Alexander spoke seriously but Aria, Anna, Mike and Kenzo bursted out laughing.

"No thanks. I don't want any more devils like you! You know, Aria, Alex was a little demon when he was a child. He used to Prank everyone in the family but then he stopped doing that when--",Bella was cut off by Alexander, "That's enough."

Alexander stopped his mother from saying further. He didn't want Aria to know about that. But Aria wanted to. She was slightly hurt that she opened up to him but he didn't.

"Alexander, how's the new deal going?" His father changed the subject instantly.

"Very well. I need to talk to you all about something. I mean I've been thinking about it for a while..."

"What it is, Alexander?" Bella asked.

"I can't tell you guys this without grandfather. It's important that he learns about it too." Alexander said and they all nodded.

"We'll talk over dinner tomorrow. It can wait till then right?" John said and he nodded, "most definitely."

"Mr Black." someone called. All the four men turned around and saw a man standing there with his hands in his pocket and a woman beside him.

"I actually- called Alexander Black to be precise.",The man was embarassed. Of course he would be, there were four Blacks and he called one. Obviously, all the four men would look at him.

"Care to introduce yourself?" Alexander asked him and sighed, "I'm Troy Whitmore and that's my wife Penny."

"And?" Alexander asked.

"I just saw you and wanted to introduce myself to you. I've always been admiring how you do your works and how you manage your business. I need a favour from you." Troy scratched the back of his head.

"That is?" Alexander raised an eyebrow.

"I have a son, his name is Brad and he's going to be the CEO of my company, Whitmore Industries. Will you please let him work in your company for a while and let him learn with you? Can you teach him so that he can be ready when he gets the position?"

"You must be kidding." Alexander scoffed.

"I'm not. Why would I be kidding, Mr Black?" Troy was embarassed as well as his wife.

"Do I look like a freaking teacher to you?" His voice was cold and came out a bit loud.

"N-no sir-- I just nee-needed a fav-favour." Troy was shaking in fear.

"Stop it Alex. He will help your son, won't you?" Aria asked Alexander.

"Are you serious?" Alexander asked her and she nodded, "come on! He needs help and he thinks that you can help him so do it."

Alexander sighed helplessly, "Fin "

"Thank you.",Troy was grateful. "You don't know how much this means to us. I promise that we'll repay this favour." Penny promised.

"We need to leave, it's pretty late." Bella said and stood up, everyone also stood up including Alex and Aria.

"Yeah. Good Night, Bro. See you tomorrow for dinner!" Saying that everyone left.

"Do you want to leave too?" Alexander asked Aria who looked tired.

"You don't have any work to do here right?" Aria asked and he shook his head,"I already did what I had to, love."

"Okay then let's leave, love." Aria mimicked him and he laughed, "as you wish" Aria followed him outside and they got in the car.

"By the way, I wasn't kidding about what I said at the restaurant yesterday." He said as he started the car.

"What did you say?",Aria asked, as she forgot. She tried to remember but failed.

"About the dress being on the floor thing." he smirked and her eyes widened, "But don't worry love, I won't do anything without your consent."

"Thank you for understanding but --I think I'm ready." Aria blurted out a deep blush forming on her cheeks.

"For what?" Alexander wanted to be sure that he heard the right thing.

"For--you know..." She trailed off.

"You're ready for me to make love to you?" He asked and looking at her.

She nodded, trying to hide her red face from him.

"Are you serious?" He thought she was kidding.

"Yes. I need to get over my past right? I can't be stuck in the past, I got to move on in life." she released a breath she was holding.

Alexander smirked, "wait till we get home, love. I'll make you scream my name tonight."

"We'll see about that.",Aria mumbled, "By the way, what did you stop your mom from saying?"

Alexander scoffed, "nothing of importance."

"okay" she frowned, "What will you tell your whole family at the dinner tomorrow?"

"You know my parents doesn't know about me leading the underworld. There's a problem there and I need to concentrate fully in the underworld business. I won't have time to manage the company. That's why I'm handing over the position of CEO to Kenzo--"

"Wait. For good?" Aria asked and he Shook his head, "No, temporarily. The underworld has gotten complicated lately."

"Tell me what you stopped your mom from saying, please? I told you my story. It's only fair you tell me yours too but it's okay if you don't-"

Alexander cut her off, "When I was a kid, like my mom said, I was probably the liveliest kid you'd ever seen. I used to Prank my siblings... But then when I turned fifteen, things changed."

He sighed, "My father started being strict on me, by strict I mean, beating me up to get me strong. He used to torture me. He worked on me mentally and physically. I was taught to not allow anyone in ever. But he changed. He became a better person."

"But what about kenzo? He's older than you right? Has he gone through all this too?" Aria asked.

He slightly shook his head, "Kenzo had health issues so no, he didn't. Mike didn't also as he already became a better person before Mike could reach fifteen."

"So you're the only one who he tortured?" Aria asked and he nodded, "Yeah.. That's why my grandfather gave me his position. He knew how dad treated me and he knew that I was strong both physically and mentally. Besides, he saw how kind Kenzo was. That guy is so kind that he wouldn't kill an ant."

"I noticed that." Aria laughed. After a few seconds, Alexander stopped the car as they reached their house.