'President Morgan is in his villa.' was the response Calvin heard.

Calvin grunted and hung up the call.

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'This man doesn't live in peace until he ruins Arrie's life. This way she couldn't move on.'

He went upstairs to her room and knocked on the door. "Arrie... Open the door... Arrie, how long are you planning to lock yourself?... Arrie..."

Aria who was awake felt bad seeing Alan who had to move into the walk-in wardrobe to let her open the room door.

Alan sat down on a chair and realized she followed him. "Honey..."

Aria sat on his lap and hugged him, "I don't want to see anybody."

"Only me?"

She hummed tightening her arms around him.

Alan embraced her back as he coaxed, "Aria if you close yourself from outside, we can't find who are the other two and their motive behind trying to separate us. What if your cousin is one of them? He will doubt us. The sooner we finish this, we don't have to hide like this."

That made Aria tighten her arms around him, "You shouldn't give up on us at any cost."

Alan sighed before responding cupping her face, "Never. It doesn't matter how rough things get, how much it goes out of hands, I will never leave your side. We are in this together... I will be here, don't worry about me."

"Alright." Aria dejectedly answered hugging him tight before going out.

Calvin was about to give up waiting, Aria opened the door. Since she hadn't washed her face, Calvin felt she woke up by the knocks on the door.

"What's wrong? Arrie, are you unwell?" He kept his backhand on her forehead, "You woke up late and why did you sleep again? You never were so idle in the past."

Suddenly he realized he shouldn't have mentioned the past. He continued knowing she was fine, "Get fresh, I will take you out."

Aria didn't want to go but she still asked, "Where?"

"We will just go around and have fun. We will have dinner and return. Don't stay home all the time. I will wait for you downstairs." Calvin rubbed her head and left.

Arrie felt tired after he left.

She locked the door and turned to see Alan leaning on the wall, "Your cousin is thinking I have made you depressed. He cares for you."

Aria punched him and soon got fresh. Seeing her mood down, he kissed her forehead, "Where is My Sugar?"

Aria smiled involuntarily as she blushed and bid him go out with Calvin.

Alan, Levi, and Finn, even Aria had thought Calvin was up to something but nothing happened that way.

Calvin took her to the mall and they strolled around, shopped, and they tried different local cuisine which Aria used to eat with her friends. Then he drove her back to the mansion.

"Had fun?"

Aria smacked her lips remembering the chicken dish they ate. "I had almost forgotten that restaurant. They are still so authentic."

Aria was actually on guard for half of the time until Calvin took her to eat.

Calvin smiled in satisfaction seeing her happy, "Your taste buds are still the same after five years. How can you eat so spicy?"

Aria retorted, "No, I and Finn used to cook alternate days and eat. Western food used to be only in the morning and afternoon since we couldn't cook early in the morning."

'Finn!'

Calvin gingerly asked, "Are you close to President Stanley?"

Aria hummed.

"Arrie... Don't get mad, why don't you try to get along with him and date? He is from a good family, a capable man."

Aria's mood instantly soured. She badly wanted to say, 'I'm married to Alan.' But she controlled due to the situation.

Aria plainly replied as she stood up, "Finn is my friend and I'm not interested in dating anybody. I have better and important work in life... I'm off."

Calvin could only breathe a sigh seeing her walk away. He thought dating others could make her move on and know that there were other men who were good too.

He went back to his room thinking about how to get his carefree little sister back.

Alan had to take care of the lazy bum who refused to even take a bath sticking up to him.

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Days passed by irritating Aria failing repeatedly to track the other two miscreants.

Aria had to review many projects before approving the investments she had pulled back from many television series and movies whose fans were cursing Skyline, some asked them to get back on good terms with Morgan Industries.

Hearing secretaries listing the shareholders' names creating fuss due to negative reviews, Aria approved to arrange the meeting.

Alan was still handling his wife's strikes on him.

He had arranged three meetings with clients who had pulled back when Skyline attacked but they suddenly canceled the meeting saying they weren't interested anymore to work with the Morgan industries.

After his team checked, he got to know Focus International was targeting him checking all the history.

He didn't have time to worry about them so he focused on stabilizing.

One of the days, Aria had lunch with Isaac to talk about a movie she had received which was about a struggling amnesia man finding his lost love with his little bit of memory restored.

Isaac liked the role when Aria briefed but he needed time to go through the script before agreeing.

The movie she had already pulled the investment from was reinvested because it was a story written by Eva and produced by Aria, Skyline, and Alan so she didn't want it to hang on the thread.

They had lunch as they spoke and Isaac changed it about their companies. "Are you two still going to hurt each other? You know Morgan Industries state."

Aria nodded, "You know the plan and you know your wifey so stubborn. He is ready to suffer but he doesn't want to take a chance."

"I know but it's a very sensitive time for you two. A small mistake, you guys will turn opposite poles."

Aria was scared of that and a hundred times she had spoken to Alan who was very confident about them.

It wasn't that she wasn't confident about them, she couldn't help but scared even by the thought of it.

"Actually, I have resolved the remaining problems of Morgan Industries but it needs two more days for the results... Don't tell Alan."

Aria quickly mentioned the last part else Alan would teach her lesson for working behind his back.

Isaac chuckled, "I heard Alan couldn't go to your mansion from the past week due to Calvin Parker."

Aria's face fell as she nodded, "Brother Calvin, kept a few men behind Alan to stop him from reaching me. Alan was almost got caught once but Levi saved on time."

Isaac could say Aria was missing Alan by her voice. He was about to comment, Aria's mobile rang.

Aria answered it to hear, "President Cooper, your location is disclosed. You have been surrounded all around. It's impossible to leave easily from there."

Aria furrowed his brows and realized that the waiters and manager, looking at them without doing anything.