Chapter 10

“Mr. Rivera, why are you defending her? Got a crush on her or something?” Aria st Emma’s uncle, Daniel was young and strikingly handsome, which fueled her jealou

“God, that’s just stupid!” Daniel retorted, disgust clear in his voice.

arly misreading the situation. Despite being

Aria lost it. “Stupid? What’s so great about Emma, huh? She’s ready to sell herself for money. She’s nothing but a whore!”

Emma turned to face her. “Watch your mouth, Aria. Spreading lies is a crime, you know.”

Aria screamed, “Lies? You don’t even know Liam, yet you’re marrying a cripple for his money. Tell me you’re not in it for the cash!” Gasps echoed through the room as Aria insulted Liam so openly. People began to wonder if she had completely lost her mind or if she was just that

desperate.

Just then, a glass came flying from the second floor, smashing to pieces inches from Aria’s feet.

Terrified, Aria screamed and looked up, only to lock eyes with a cold, handsome man upstairs. She froze.

“Liam? What’s he doing here? I thought he wasn’t coming today!” the crowd roared.

Seeing Liam’s icy stare, the Wilson family went into a panic. “Mr. Hall, we didn’t expect you. Why didn’t you tell us you were coming?” said Mateo tremulously.

Liam’s high–tech wheelchair descended the stairs automatically. Even seated, he radiated authority. “If I’d given you a heads–up, would we

have had such a show?”

His cold gaze zeroed in on Aria. She stepped back, but Nora pushed her forward. “Aria, apologize right now.”

her feet, jumped in before Aria could make things worse. “Mr. Hall, I’m really sorry. Aria is just having a rough day and said something stupid. She usually looks up to you

be family soon. Some bumps in the road are

was all flustered, avoiding eye contact and

stayed cool. “It’s not me you should apologize

amassed enough power that he had to fake a disability to keep a low profile. But that didn’t mean he was actually

That was crossing the

look at the fuming Aria. “You catch that?

tightly it felt like her palms might bleed, but she just couldn’t bring

quickly interjected, “Alright. Aria’s just being stubborn. She knows she messed up. I’ll apologize on her

her. Watching her loved one burn to a

she wasn’t ready to forgive. She

remote. The LED screen, which had been displaying “Happy Birthday,” suddenly switched to

Chapter 10

Aria and Nora’s

he wouldn’t give everything

shouted in

coincidence. But forget that…

the video

dating. Once you’re overseas, snag a

and played back by Emma in front

began

those two are messed up,”

so Emma going missing was because of them?”

it on purpose? Emma was just a toddler back

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