Aria stopped Calvin from using any harsh words on Alan even if he was acting.

"Brother Calvin, Alan is my husband, I'm married to Alan two years back and I will tell you about us later but only after knowing the secrets out of you."

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Calvin froze. 'Aria is already married?'

'Isn't she disappointed by Alan?'

'Isn't she angry at him?' He had many questions.

Alan didn't care about Calvin's gaze and sat on the couch asking Sophia to leave them for privacy.

Aria saw Calvin without speaking by looking at Alan. She pulled him towards the couch and sat next to him going direct to the point.

"Brother Calvin, if you don't want to tell your secrets about other things, I don't need to know but now answer me the truth. I want only the truth..."

She took a deep breath and asked, "Why did you meet my Dad before his accident?"

Calvin's eyes widened in shock.

Aria waited for a few seconds and threw the next question at him, "When you were in the city that day, why didn't you meet me?"

Calvin who noticed her right-hand palm-held it, "What happened to your hand?"

Aria tried to relax and answered, "I was kidnapped in Ziro..."

Calvin cut in, "What?"

"I'm hurt because of me and that's not important now. Brother Calvin, can you tell me whatever you are hiding related to me? Even if you are behind Skyline or my life, can you be straight with me?"

Calvin frowned hearing her. "What the hell are you trying to say?"

Aria couldn't understand why she strongly believes he wasn't acting and he couldn't hurt her.

She calmly revealed, "I know you were in city B and met my Dad before he met with an accident. You lied to me saying you never visited the country before my birthday, that's a different story. A model created a fake marriage certificate and mentioned your name saying you encouraged her to do so. Many such small incidents are there which are pointing at you. What I want to know is, are you really the one who is trying to sabotage my and Alan's relationship? Or do you want to lead Skyline?"

Calvin stood up creating distance between them. "Wait... wait... So you called me back here to keep an eye on me. All along you were doubting me acting as you were concerned... Here I go, I forgot that you are the president of Skyline who has many tricks up your sleeves."

Alan frowned hearing Calvin completely divert the attention from the main topic to doubting Aria's intentions.

Aria clenched her teeth and watched Calvin's disappointment in her. She knew even if she tells, she trusted him, it doesn't make sense. Since she already went to the point of discussing and now being maligned by him didn't really affect her more so Aria thought to accept it.

"Right. Do you know why I hadn't asked you till now? Because I wanted to make sure you are trying to hurt me or not. And don't change the topic now. Why can't you answer my simple questions? Why did you meet my father at the cafe before his accident? Do you know, if I release this to cops, you will become the prime suspect of an accident? Here I am, as the same president of Skyline, asking you to know it instead of creating a rampage between two families or us."

Calvin frowned deeply hearing her unemotional cold tone. He didn't answer her, "I'm not obliged to respond to you. If you want to bring cops to this, go on."

He turned and left upstairs. Aria squealed, "Brother Calvin."

But Calvin didn't turn behind even once and left clenching his fist tight.

Aria glanced at Alan biting her lip to control her emotions. She had thought he would at least respond to her question unlike completely disregarding her and leave.

Alan walked up to her and embraced her, rubbing her head, "Shhh... It's alright, everybody wouldn't speak off just hearing questions. I will handle him..."

Some don't understand the simple way of dealing unless pressured and used a hard way.

Aria wasn't sure what to feel and for which one to feel. If he wasn't hiding anything critical, why couldn't he respond? If he wanted to look after Skyline, why was he so good to her?

Aria mumbled pressing her dainty face on his chest, "I'm so useless."

Alan cupped her face shaking his head, "You aren't. What I had told you? You are only allowed to love yourself. About Calvin Parker, I will handle it. Now, go take a bath, I will meet him and come."

Aria didn't let herself cry and nodded, "You shouldn't..."

Alan cut in as he led her towards stairs, "I'll not hide anything even if it is too serious. Alright?"

Aria faintly smiled with a hum. Alan left her in the bedroom before going upstairs to Calvin's room.

The gentle and warm air around Aria which he had was now cold and oppressing. It was hard to say what he was going to do or how he would handle Calvin.

He just gave a single knock on the door and barged inside. He saw Calvin sitting on the bed rubbing his forehead.

Calvin furrowed seeing Alan enter. He clenched his teeth and saw him sitting on a single-seater armchair and pointing opposite bed edge for him to sit in front of him.

Calvin grounded his teeth seeing him domineering but without his knowledge he had already followed his unspoken order.

It was as Aria says, He stands so tall that people around him having even little guilt naturally feels inferior and follows him.

Alan tossed his mobile at Calvin when he sat down. Calvin played the video to hear men talking about who to ravish Aria first.

Alan sat and watched his reaction very carefully. He saw his expression dark then his lips twitching when four men were dancing without understanding why Aria was doing all that until a wooden slab broke on the head of a man.

His face was indecipherable while watching it and he also understood when she hurt her hand.

Alan nowhere felt Calvin wasn't worrying about Aria. He knew Calvin was concerned about Aria in the whole video.

Alan spoke first, "What do you think of Aria after watching this?"

Calvin's clutch on mobile tightened, "She hates herself." Both knew why Aria hurts herself.

Alan didn't respond to it.

Calvin frowned hard seeing Alan persistent, "What do you think she will go through when she gets to know her father killed himself for his own mistake?"