Aren't you dead yet?

Aria who realized the principal's resting room was behind her, stood up holding the wall and bolted in quickly. She latched all locks of the door in her trembling hands as she sobbed. She tried to be calm but she couldn't make herself collect from the shock.

Old master Cooper didn't expect Aria to play smart and enter inside. He tried to bury his rage and continued to coax, "Arrie! How can you lock me outside? Come out soon... We will sit and talk. How long will be angry at me? Come out soon..."

He waited for some seconds and banged on the door as his voice increased greatly, "Aria! Get the hell out of the room. Is this the way you treat your grandfather? Is this what your father and mother taught you? You have turned unfilial. I have to teach you well. Get out of there."

Aria was frightened to the stage she fell back and yelped. She pulled out her mobile and failed to dial a proper number in her trembling hands.

It took her time to remember Alan had set his both numbers in speed dials and clicked on it. But she slipped the mobile when she heard 'I am breaking the door.'

She crawled back as she repeatedly mumbled in her cry, "I don't want to go with you..." She didn't hear the voice from the mobile...

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The issue near the principal office spread quickly. Only Aria's class knew Aria had gone there. Noah, Rian, and Eva ran towards the principal office ignoring the teacher in the class.

When they reached near, the trio was blocked by the burly men. Emma quickly reached there and took trio aside as security was already beaten up. She tried to convince them but they weren't ready to hear a single word.

Since Aria didn't respond when they shouted her name and security got beaten, they were sure Aria was in a problem.

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Alan was in his office when he received the call from Emma. He had just answered the call, Emma anxiously spoke, "President Morgan! Come to school now. Arrie... Arrie is in trouble... I got a call from the principal to inform you. Reach immediately."

Emma's voice was shaky hence he had already stood up thinking there must be a problem. As soon as he heard 'Come to school now' followed by Aria was in trouble, he ran towards the elevator exiting his room.

Nathan tried to speak but Alan had entered the elevator saying, "I'm coming."

He skipped two signals and drove fast overtaking every car on the road. When he got the call from Aria's number to his private number, he understood the sensitivity.

He received but he couldn't hear anything other than loud thumps and a cry. He couldn't make out what was happening yet he spoke, "Aria... Aria, I'm coming... Aria..."

He didn't cut the call and reached the school. He repeated her name multiple times yet there was no reply.

He couldn't think what could be the problem in which Aria could lose her calmness and even cry in front of the principal. It had nearly been a week she had cried and he stayed with her and checked on her every time to make sure she was fine.

He knew academics couldn't make her weak. But he couldn't put finger on the problem which broke her into tears.

When he ran towards the principal office, he saw two security personnel groaning and frowned. He glanced at two men stopping the trio.

When he went near, one man pushed Eva roughly losing her balance, He reached on time to hold her.

Eva was taken aback looking at Alan.

Noah and Rian saw him but didn't dare to speak a word.

His eyes were dark as rainy clouds. He looked frighteningly cold clenching his jaw and his sharp eye brushed on them before looking at blurry men.

"Aria?"

Rian stuttered to respond looking at Alan. He never saw him so much angered and cold. "In... Inside."

"Go to your class."

They wanted to rebuff but they didn't. Emma played mute all the time.

When Alan went ahead to enter the office, A man held his shoulder to stop, "Out!"

Alan held his hand twisted until he heard bones cracking with the same man's groaning.

It was the first time he used his fighting skills seriously other than beating Isaac to teach him lessons.

Old master Cooper who had almost broken the door lock turned to see Alan raising his leg and kicking his ally's knee and broke his arm before pushing him away.

Another man who was held away by Alan's hand rained three sharp attacks on the abdomen, rib, and chest which made the man short in-breath and fell down holding his chest and coughing badly.

Rian and Noah's mouth was wide open in shock. They knew Alan had learned the different fighting skills when he was aboard to study for three years. But they didn't expect him to be so brutal with the attacks.

Emma and Eva's reactions were to stumble back and gulp their saliva.

They were glad Alan could take Aria out but they didn't know what was the situation and who they were and why they were keeping Aria inside.

Emma was the one who composed herself first and asked the trio to leave and she would tell them what happened. Those three didn't want to offend Alan hence unwillingly left worrying about Aria.

The principal finally found his voice seeing Alan and pointed the room, "Aria... Aria is in there."

Alan went ahead glancing at Old master Cooper who he didn't know. He saw half-broken lock and paused when he heard, "President Morgan! I'm Aria's grandfather. Lucas Cooper"

If Aria locked herself in and avoiding him even though he was her grandfather, Alan could understand there was something he doesn't know. So he used his mean tongue, "Aren't you dead yet?"

Lucas was taken aback. He wasn't sure if Alan knew about him or he was just taking Aria's side.

Alan ignored him and knocked on the door. His voice turned gentle, "Aria! Open the door... Aria, it's me, Alan..."

He remembered she had fainted from crying in cemetery hence he broke the door and entered to see Aria hurled up in the corner next to bed burying her face in knees and trembling as she mumbled. He couldn't make out what she was saying but her state was miserable than whenever he saw her crying.

Alan turned around and shook his forefinger at Lucas Cooper as a warning to stop him from entering inside then he went towards Aria as he announced his presence for not to scare her.

"Aria! Calm down... It's me, Alan... You are safe, alright?"