Falling in Love : I love you, Today and Forever

Even though the situation turned emotional all of a sudden, Oliver did not forget to give a good hearing to his daughters. He made sure that this would not repeat in the future and his girls would take care of themselves. Also, Oliver made sure Aria went to her room to rest rather than sitting around and taking stress. He did not want her to fall sick again and visit the hospital once again as a patient. To support him, Noah too did not allow her to leave the room, making sure that she was laying on the bed all the time except for the time when she had to use the washroom. 

She was getting stressed more from the two men's behavior rather than her sick and weak body. She could recover well and good if she was allowed to do things as she pleased. But the two men were making it difficult for her by panicking at each and everything she did. They would become overly anxious even if she took one small step from the bed. By the end of two hours since she had returned to Noah's mansion, she was slowly going crazy; all thanks to her father and Noah.

Not even half an hour had passed since Aria had finished eating a full bowl of fruits when Noah returned with a glass of milk. Aria's eyes widened seeing the huge glass and the amount of milk in it. "What the hell is this?" She asked dreading what was about to come her way.

"This, my dear, is milk and I need you to finish the glass," Noah said with a charming smile on his face. But to Aria, it seemed as if Noah was plotting something in his mind with the way his smile turned evil as seconds ticked by.

"What do you take me for?" Aria huffed, anger coursing through her veins.

"You are my beautiful girlfriend who in the future will become my wife. Now, be a good girl and finish all the milk. Here." Noah held the glass before her and waited for her to take it. However, Aria only sent him a glare with no intentions of taking the glass, let alone drinking the milk in it.

"I think you are treating me as a pig. Do you think I can devour everything you give me?" She questioned, her eyes narrowing in fury.

"Not at all, Aria. Why will I think my beautiful girl to be a pig when she is my queen?"

"Then, why are you making me eat this much? My stomach is going to swell up if I keep on eating without any exercise." Aria said innocently and her naive words made Noah smile inwardly. He wondered if Aria even realized what she had even spoken just now. But seeing her cute face, he was sure that the realization had not yet hit her.

"I can make your stomach swell even after exercising, if you want," Noah replied with a suggestive look and it took Aria a few minutes to understand the meaning behind the words.

"You monster. You devil." Aria shouted and threw the pillow at him in anger and the man evaded it with ease.

"Who told you to be the girlfriend of a devil, baby?" Noah smirked and sat beside her. "Now, be a good girl and drink this up."

"No." Aria turned her head away from him and folded her hands. She was not going to yield to him this time. Her stomach was already bloating from all the fruits she had eaten. She did not even have the time to digest them completely when Noah returned with a gigantic glass of milk. There was no way she could finish it.

"Aria, finish it." Noah lowly threatened her, his voice turned a little dark. Aria shivered on sensing the change in his tone, but she did not give up.

"Or else? What will you do?"

"I know how to feed you," Noah replied, with a doting smile.

"No, you don't." Aria turned to face him and noticed the smirk on his face. She now realized that she was in danger with the way Noah gazing at her.

"Do you want to try me?" Noah raised an eyebrow and taking it up as a challenge. Now, Aria definitely knew what the man had in mind. She had read a lot of novels and seen many romantic movies to not know what he was up to. She knew that the man would do just the thing she had in mind and that she was something she did not want right now.

Although she had been daring enough to dance seductively in front of him before, she was not sure she could handle his passionate kisses right now. So, she gave up and took the glass. "Fine, fine. I concede defeat. I'll drink it."

With that, Aria started to drink the milk even though she hated it. She was so busy with emptying the huge glass that she did not notice Noah's disappointed face. And why wouldn't he when he had clearly missed an opportunity to kiss the girl beside him? He pondered when Aria turned this smart to understand what was running in his mind. But the next second, he shook his thoughts away. Aria was always smart. It was just that her wild side came out only recently. 

After a lot of internal battle and struggle, Aria managed to finish the glass and handed it to the shameless man beside her. "I am finished and now, don't bring me anything to eat or drink until dinner time." She ordered and tried to get off the bed.

Her movement brought Noah out of his depressed thoughts. So, what if he could not kiss her right now, she will be with him forever and he could kiss her all he wanted when she regained her strength. He watched Aria trying to step down the bed and he held her hand. "Where do you think you are going, my dear?"

"After being fed until it reached my throat, do you expect me to sit around and do nothing? Let me walk around the room at least. My stomach hurts from all the eating I have done." Aria gritted her teeth and tried to wriggle her way out of his stronghold.

"Let me help you," Noah suggested and without waiting for her to respond, he carried her princess style. His actions startled Aria and she wrapped her hands around his neck lest she should fall.

"What do you think you are doing?" Aria questioned, her fury rising to another level.

"I am helping you walk around. That was what you said a few seconds ago. Did you forget your words this soon?"

"I think your brain's processing unit has short-circuited," Aria commented and rolled her eyes at the man's absurdity. By now, the man had started to walk with Aria safe and secure in his arms.

"I told I wanted to walk and my words never indicated that I wanted to be carried around while you did the walking. Let me go now." Aria demanded sending another glare at Noah. The number of glares that Noah was receiving that day was only increasing as time passed by. But the man did not care. He found his girl's glares all the more fascinating.

"Is it? My bad then. I misunderstood." Although Noah apologized to her, he had no intentions of letting her go. So, he continued to take a stroll in the room with her still in his arms.

Aria raised her eyebrows at his indifferent behavior. She waited for him to notice her annoyance and when the man finally did, she raised her eyebrows and blinked at him twice, questioning him silently.

"What?" As usual, Noah feigned ignorance.

"Noah, let go of me right away."

"What if I don't?"

"Then, you are not allowed to kiss me for three months." This time, Aria's threat worked and Noah dropped her to her feet gently. He only wanted to keep her closer to his heart. But if it meant that he could not kiss her, then he did not want to follow his mind anymore.

"Ah, now I know how to threaten you in the future," Aria said with a wide smile and Noah pouted lightly. It was true that she was his weakness and now that she knew what could make him yield to her, he wondered how horribly she would misuse it in the future.

Aria winked at him and started to walk on her own, trying to digest all that she had eaten in a span of two hours. Noah could only look at her from far lest she should forbid him from even touching her if he did something she did not want.

On the other side, just like Noah, even Joshua was getting tormented by Ivy. But it was a different kind of torture. The girl had promised him her time after dropping Aria off at Noah's mansion. However, her plan had changed once she met her father. She was now with her father in his room as the father and the daughter duo discussed the mission she was leaving for the next day. 

Ivy had ignored him completely and had decided to get some help from her father as he was more experienced at matters like these. The duo discussed all possible scenarios and Ivy even told him about Jared's involvement in the organ trafficking case.

This did not come as a surprise to Oliver as he had no idea who Jared was. When he was dealing with the case three years ago, Jared was yet to reach the stage he was at right now. Now that they knew who the man was behind the issue, it would be easy for them to tackle the situation and show the man's true face to society.