Chapter 568: Noah's concern

Ian and Stuart entered the ICU while the others waited for them in Ian's office. Though Aria wanted to tag along with them, Ian stopped her even before she could take a step. 

Charles was a dangerous man, and Ian did not wish for him to find out about Aria and her relationship with Noah. Although Noah could protect her well and keep her safe all the time, he did not intend to put her life her risk, especially when people already were targeting Aria and pushing her into all sorts of troubles.

Stuart had no idea what was happening. Heck, he even had a feeling that he was floating in a dream, one that was filled with suspense and action. Nothing made sense to him, and all he could do was follow Ian and Aria, who seemed to know almost everything that was happening around him.

"Aria, I think you should inform about this matter to your boyfriend," Ivy whispered to Aria, and the moment she did so, Preston's eyes snapped to them. Although he did not hear much, he still caught onto the word boyfriend and his eyes widened subtly.

Preston could not make out what they speaking. But all of a sudden, he turned jittery. He could not brush off the ominous feeling he was having. 'Does Aria have a boyfriend?' He wondered, and as soon as the thought entered his mind, his heart shattered into pieces. His face lost all its brightness and he turned gloomy at once.

'She must have. She is an incredible woman, and any man would be fortunate to have her as his girlfriend.' He thought to himself, his eyes still trained on the girl who was speaking to her sister.

Neither Aria nor Ivy noticed the pair of eyes on them as they continued with their conversation. "He might be going bonkers right now. Although I did stop him from rushing over here like a hurricane, I am not sure how long he will be able to control himself."

"Why did you tell him? I did not wish to worry him. This was just a small matter." 

"Aria, this is anything but a small matter. You would be in Stuart's place if not for Ian supporting you and accompanying you to meet her. And the video footage saved you two. Otherwise, you two would be a goner by now."

Ivy reprimanded her, not giving her sister any leniency. Even though she had come to realize that her younger sister was stronger and more capable than her, that did not stop her from worrying for her. Only Ivy knew about the worries she had in her mind regarding her sister and only she knew how she was suppressing her anger on finding out about the trouble that might have fallen on her sister.

"Call him now before he blames me for everything." Ivy glared at Aria, and at once, Aria forgot all the complaints that were right at the tip of her tongue. Her sister's glare was enough to make her follow all her instructions without another word.

"I am surprised that he had not left all his work to rush to me. I wonder how he controlled himself until now."

Aria had barely finished speaking when her phone started vibrating, and she showed it to Ivy who just wished her in pity. "I wish you will be alive by the end of the day. Best of luck!"

Now it was Aria's turn to glare at her before she moved to a secluded spot in the room. Aria did not even have the chance to greet the man when she heard him firing questions at her.

"Aria, is that you? Tell me you are safe. Are you alright? What happened? Why didn't you call me all this time?"

"Noah, Noah...." Aria stopped him before he could fire more questions at her like a canon. "Hold on, hold on. Let me answer one question at a time, please.

"Are you alright, Aria? Please tell me you are fine. I cannot and will not allow anything to happen to you." He almost begged, and Aria could not stop the warmth and happiness from spreading in her heart. It had been quite some time since she got together with Noah and every time, every day, every moment, she felt cherished and love.

Noah had not stopped showing the love he had for her, pampering her until she forgot everything else. Even now, he was worried about her and was willing to leave his important meeting just to make sure that she was fine. How could Aria not feel touched? She smiled in joy and twirled a start of hair, unable to conceal her joy.

"I am fine, Noah. I am perfectly fine. Nothing happened to me." Aria assured him but she knew that it was not enough. "I agree that whoever it is wanted to target me and trap me in their plan, but I am perfectly fine. But..."

"But?" Noah was too anxious to notice anything else. He did not even care about his employees, who had stopped to look at the nervous and worried man.

This was the first time they were seeing their Boss with such an agitated expression, and they could not help but wonder about it. Their ever calm and cold Boss had completely shed his usual demeanor and was anxious beyond words.

"But Stuart got implicated in this when he is the most innocent one among us."

Noah understood what Aria was trying to convey. He had already heard about this matter from Ivy about how Stuart had become the victim to the devious plan that was initially targeted at his darling girl. Unlike Aria and Ian or even Ivy, who somehow had reasons for enemies to target them, Stuart was completely innocent in this and got dragged into this unnecessarily. 

"I understand, Aria. I will do everything in my capacity to save him. I will not allow anything to happen to him. Although I am guilty that he was implicated in this, I am also glad that you are safe, Aria. I do not know what I would do if something were to happen to you."

Just the thought of Aria being harmed by those bastards made Noah's blood boil in anger, and all he wanted was to hunt them down and chop them into pieces.

"Noah, we now have the Intelligence joining hands with us, and Valerie and her team will be visiting us in the evening."

"I got it." Noah nodded to himself. He had already decided to approach Valerie and use her help in matters related to Jared. Now that the situation had made it happen, he had no complaints whatsoever. "Their support is necessary for what I have in mind. We cannot act on our own without anyone backing us up. Otherwise, we will be in deep trouble."

Aria did not hear what he was saying for her focus was elsewhere. She recalled what Linda had spoken about Noah's grandfather, and now she did not know whether to reveal it to him or now.

Noah noticed the lack of response from the other side. "Aria, are you there?"

"Ah, yes. Sorry, I got lost in my thoughts."

"What were you thinking about?"

Aria bit her lip, comprehending what to do, and eventually, she decided to speak to him about it in the evening. This was not a matter they could discuss on the phone.

"Guess who finally decides to wake up."

"Did Charles Miller wake up?"

"Yes," Aria answered, cursing him in her mind for guessing it on his first attempt.

"Brilliant. Now we can proceed with the next part of our plan. I was waiting for this day all this time."