Livid Guardian's Endless Coddling
Excerpt: "You jerk! How dare you? Just because you are my guardian and I have nobody to ask, did you think, you can take advantage of me? I thought you stand on high morals..." Rian turned Aria towards him not quietly understanding what was going on. Amelia and Rowan were in the same state. "Arrie! What happened? Did brother do something? Why are you angered so much?" He sounded very concerned. Alan leaned on his room door frame thinking what would be her answer. ..... Aria's mouth was wide open in shock. 'Sh*t! This man really has a mental illness. How can he forget so soon?' It vexed her more and wrung her hand to punch but Alan held her hand twirled her before pressing her back on him. "Young Miss Cooper! Mind your hand." He said loudly and whispered, "If you wanted more, you should have asked me." ~~~~ Aria Cooper, a confident, brave, intelligent, lively teenager turns insecure and timid losing her only family, her father. Alan Morgan, a cold, indifferent young President of Morgan Industries falls in love with the teenage girl who moves into his mansion. Being a cynic, will he be able to change and win over the girl's heart? Will he be able to find the culprit behind the murder of Aria Cooper's father who targets her? Will he be able to keep her safe? --- *** --- This is an original story. Story DISCORD: https://discord.gg/QhhXXWq Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/munchkin_2 Instagram: auth_munchkin Linktree: https://linktr.ee/munchkin *Credit to the real owner of the novel cover.
Jumping the ship
Arsh was indeed there because he wanted to recount to Aria what happened when he met Noor out of the blue, without any work, but still, there was reason to leave Noor clueless.
He won't usually share everything with Aria. He didn't want her to worry about him with Arna. He thought at least he could keep her happy and free from distress so that they could focus on taking care of Arna.
Looking at her excited seeing him happy, he first cleared out if she had gone ahead with her thoughts, "Mom, I neither proposed to her nor confessed. You are looking like you will throw an engagement party soon."
Aria wasn't presuming that. It was too early to think about it. Noor wasn't the type to agree with him, especially when she looks at Arsh as a senior and mentor. Aria shrugged as she leaned back on the couch and smugly responded, "If I propose to her, she will agree to me, rather than you."
Arsh: "..."