Aria and Alan were sure Rian wasn't just identifying those colors because if he had seen black and white, he would have immediately told them about it. They weren't living in a black and white movie for him to be oblivious of it.

Aria grabbed the tab from Levi's blazer and rushed inside. Alan followed her inside in a slight panic. Both didn't notice Roxy slumping on the chair trembling profusely. The fact was they prioritized Rian, might be the situation or might not be.

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Nathan noticed Roxy but he wasn't sure what to say so he preferred silence. Levi didn't know to calm anybody so he stood silently.

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Inside the testing room, Rian complained as soon as Aria entered, "Little devil, do I look like a kindergarten kid. He is showing me VIBGYOR colors. I am asking him to show the tones of it."

Doctor: "..."

Aria had almost cried if she hadn't chosen to be positive. Her hand involuntarily slapped his head, "Headless fool, you almost made me cry."

Rian couldn't understand why she was so serious and glanced at his brother who took a deep breath trying to maintain his composure. "What's wrong? Why are you guys so nervous?"

The doctor explained everything about the possibility of the damaging parietal lobe of the brain. Rian realized why the doctors, Aria and Alan were behaving weirdly. Now, he worried about what if he couldn't identify the colors.

He feared the possibilities. He knew about everyone who cares about him irrespective of if they express it or not. He laughed awkwardly and spoke, "I know all the colors." Then he pointed to all the visible colors in the room and named it, "Let's go." He wanted to check about the hues of different colors when he will be alone.

The doctor was already sure Rian was fine but Aria pressed his shoulder down, placed the tab on the desk in front of him, and opened a picture which was filled with the hue of blue, "Name it."

Rian felt it was teal but he was very frightened to name it thinking what if it was wrong. He stood up, "Little devil, I know it, stop overworking your-."

"Rian." Alan's cold, oppressing tone silenced him.

Rian saw the expectant gaze of Aria who was on the tip of the iceberg while Alan was hiding his emotions very well. His voice unknowingly trembled, "Te- Teal."

Aria and Alan looked at each other gravely before the former slid her finger on the screen, "This?"

Rian gulped to ask, "Is... Is it wrong?" Nobody answered him, Aria pointed the screen for him, "Try and guess this."

Rian controlled himself from running out while saying, "Don't tell these all to Mom and Dad. Not even Roxy."

Alan's warning tone sounded frosty, "Rian."

Rian squeezed his eyes shut as he said, "Prussian blue."

"This?" Peeking his eyes open, "Imperial red." Then Aria continued to change colors and Rian kept on saying what he felt the color looked like. "Flamingo... Salmon... Mint... Olive... Bronze... Tangerine..."

After a few more colors, Aria cried hugging Alan, "Alan, he will not paint me like a demon."

Rian took time to understand what she said, 'I will not paint her like a demon... I will not paint her like an ugly demon.' He was dreaded the whole time while they kept on asking even if he answered all correctly.

"Little devil, I will break your bones today." He stood up and chased after her while Alan sighed in relief and looked at the confused doctors who didn't know those color hues name, "Are you guys painting artists?" they just knew light and dark names of standard colors.

"Send the reports quickly." Alan unemotionally said and went out to see the duo screaming and cursing each other while Roxy was hell confused.

"Brother-in-law, Rian..." She couldn't get to complete it and heard, "He might face headaches frequently. Other than that he is perfectly alright."

He had just finished saying it, Rian held his head and stopped in tracks feeling hard to maintain his balance or open his eyes feeling dizzy. His voice ailed calling her, "Little devil..."

Aria quickly held him and remembered her one of the old incidents. She had taken more than a month to recover from dizziness when she was kidnapped in country E after getting hit on her head. "It's alright, you are fine."

Rian hummed keeping his eyes closed while the other two were running towards them. Aria continued, "Rian if you observe any side effects or any problem, you shouldn't hide from me. Alright?" It was more like a plea unlike how she forces him to do when they are usually fine.

Roxy held Rian pulling him to lean on her as Rian looked at Aria when he was taken away from her to sit aside. Aria felt quite uncanny and lost looking at Roxy who became overprotective of Rian and took him away forcefully.

Aria wanted to think as she was overthinking but she became very uncomfortable when Roxy gazed at her. She repeatedly told herself as Roxy is traumatized due to the incident. She went to Alan without disturbing them.

She could only hope everything will be alright and importantly Rian to be healthy and normal so she ignored Roxy's behavior.

Soon they checked in the hotel to rest till evening before flying back to the country. Alan didn't let his guards down even though the possible threat was lowered.

Aria started to become very awkward due to Roxy whenever she tried to check on Rian. Roxy's hostile gaze was intensifying and Aria had no clue why Roxy started to loathe her.

'For hitting her father? For not supporting her father financially? For troubling her father?' She didn't have an answer to it.

...

In the jet,

However she might hide her emotions, Alan had started noticing her stiff behavior around Rian. "Honey?"

Aria watched the couple enter the resting room to sleep in the jet, then she moved on Alan's recliner as the assistants were sitting in the front and she didn't worry about being seen either. "I am sleepy."

Alan frowned at her reaction but he complied for her need. Keeping his laptop away, he lowered his recliner backrest and embraced her as he covered them with a light comforter. "What happened?"

Aria shook her head resting her head on his chest, wrapping her arms at the side of his shoulder. She had thought they were going to one big happy family, now she remembered that they can have misunderstandings and problems too. She needed to solve them without making it huge or disturb other family members.

Alan didn't probe her further and let her sleep thinking what might have happened between her and Rian but the latter was talking normally as he used to so the problem is Roxy. He quickly analyzed and checked the petite woman in his arms.

He didn't wake her up to ask tenderly smoothing her furrowed brows. The relationship in the family is strong but they were also very delicate. He would undoubtedly stand by Aria whatever it might be but his parents can't do that because both are their daughter in law.

Hence he decided to know the problem and assist her if needed and let her solve it in her own way. He didn't want Aria to sacrifice or tolerate anything that could hurt her and he didn't want her to hide it from him either, now he had to find a way to know what happened between them.

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They reached city B at dawn hence the assistants were routed to their home while the couples went to the Morgan mansion to rest a little time before getting back on work.

They had decided to hide the incident from the elders to avoid them getting worried hence Amelia and Rowan assumed they went to meet Scarlett Cooper and returned.

Aria who sat for breakfast looked at Roxy next to Rian but Roxy didn't care to spare a glance at her. She served Rian and ate as if Aria didn't exist and just spoke to Amelia whenever she asked anything.

This confirmed Alan that the problem wasn't Rian but Roxy. Whatever Aria did was all in the favor of Roxy and Rian, she wasn't selfish anywhere, then why is Roxy hostile? He didn't have a response just like Aria.

Aria tried to ignore it to give her some time and mentioned about her and Alan's plan to Amelia and Rowan, "Mum, Pop, we are thinking to shift back to the lakeside villa."

Amelia was immediately worried, "You guys work all day, why do you want to go there? It isn't only far, you have to cook for yourself."

Rowan too added, "If not here, stay at Cooper mansion. You will have helping hands at work. Don't tire yourself out."

Aria glanced at Alan who was silent as a stone. It wasn't just her who wished to stay in the villa, he wanted to stay there too along with her unlike maids running around for cleaning or staying in an unnecessarily huge mansion. They wanted a homely life as husband and wife doing their chores by themselves and enjoying the simplicity.

She pouted her lips and grumbled, "We want to stay there. We will be coming here frequently."

As the parents of Alan, they were well aware that he liked staying alone, once Aria entered his life, he wanted to stay with her. He would work double just to avoid the third person.

Rowan spoke, "Alright but don't pull up work more. If it's unmanageable, shift back to Cooper mansion or here." Amelia hummed in affirmation after him to agree to them.

They knew well Aria and Alan had the independence to just move and settle there, since Aria chose to speak to them before doing it, they didn't want to stop them.

But this smallest discussion brought a huge scowl on Roxy's forehead looking at Amelia, Rowan, and Aria.