Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

“So you do remember that you have some wife somewhere after so long right?” Aria, who was feeling elated when he took her out of the shameful ladies’ midst, before she ended up smashing bottles against their heads in anger, asked him.

He came at the perfect time just to whisk her away for himself, and she couldn’t be more than proud that he knew the perfect timing to arrive. However, her capricious mood had to kick in again, so that he wouldn’t just have his way that easily with her, after he had gone without calling even once.

“And why do I feel like this dear wife of mine is angry about something, that I should know,” he said amusingly again, staring at her beautiful face and how her expression had quickly switched from happy to pissed. He sure missed that look.

“I am not angry. All I am saying is that… Why did you even come to take me away from that place? I was about to teach those ladies some lessons that they would never forget in a hurry,” she diverted her anger towards him in another way.

“I see that you are wearing my cologne. Did you miss me that much?” He whispered softly into her ears, which churned on some place in her body that she couldn’t understand, but she was not going to admit any of the balderdash that he was spewing to her ears.

“I just wanted to know if it would smell good. And it actually smells like crap,” she bluffed whatever came to her mind.

“It is so nice to see you in this dress. You look so alluring and addictive,” Dalton flirted with his words, and she turned to look at him in shock and surprise which even made her look cuter.

‘Was he drunk to be saying cringy words like that? That was not the Dalton that she knew.’

“Are you sure that you are normal? Why are you saying words that give me the cringes?” She asked him with her back facing him, but turned to face him like she was going to kiss his cheeks, when she noticed that numerous eyes were already on them.

“And here comes your sister and mother. You will have to explain to them reasons why you ghosted everyone for days,” Aria whispered into his ears, when she noticed those that were coming around to where they stood.

She kissed his cheeks to the eye sore of those that were jealous, and made her way towards the other end of the party floor to be alone.

She had not expected Dalton to come and take her by surprise in that manner, which had made her lose focus of what she was there to observe. Her hands quickly grabbed her phone from her purse as she checked her emails quickly, to see if the supposed masked person had replied to her message. Lo and behold, she replied.

‘Be careful at the party. You just took over the shopping mall, so it is certain that something will happen again. You are out of the mansion too. Partying,’ she read the typed message again and again.

Aria hated to know that some person that she didn’t know was trying to help her, but hiding their identity even with knowledge of every move. It was really creepy. It disturbed her greatly.

And with her eyes fixated on the message that she was looking at, it happened so fast. The next thing was her body in the pool of water.

There was a loud scream from the lady that saw Aria plunge into the pool, which attracted everyone’s attention that were getting ready for the next show on the projector screen. Aria was not quite the good swimmer as she struggled to steady in the pool, but someone had jumped in to save her even before any one could.

‘This is not water only,’ Aria’s mind whispered to her.

There was a collective gasp in the air, as soon as they saw a huge man figure coming out of the pool with a lady in his arms. It was too much for anyone to handle and bear, that Dalton would jump into the water to save his wife. It was shocking to behold. It was the greatest display of affection they never thought they would see.

The people that were even more shocked by Dalton’s selfless action despite his arrogance, were his family who knew that Dalton had never gotten close to the body of water ever since his father died. It sent shivers down their shine, and almost gored their eyes out. They ran closer to see the situation.

Alex quickly ran out of the hall in split seconds to the car to get huge towels for cleanup, as he ran back again to present Dalton with the dry piece of white towel. It was officially the end of the party for both Dalton and Aria, as their outfit had been ruined because of what had happened.

“Can we check the footage, Dalton? I want to see why I fell into that pool,” Aria turned to ask him, ignoring her phone that had perished inside the water or the eyes that were gazing at them.

“Don’t mind it. It is probably a harmless mistake. We wouldn’t want to cause anymore problems here,” Dalton said, to Aria’s greatest surprise as she wondered why he was suddenly gentle about the situation, which was not his usual self.

“There is something weird in that water. I know what I am saying. Let us……”

“What the heck is this?!” Someone yelled out from a corner among the crowd without manners, and everyone turned to see what was going on in the room again.

Instead of the expected pictures of Ellen’s childhood pictures as she grew by each stage, it was the picture of a man and a woman in the pool that was displayed on the projector. The same picture that Hailey had taken, shown to Ellen, and had sent to Dalton through an email. It was life and direct for everyone to see.

“Isn’t that Dalton’s wife?” A voice was heard from a corner, as the majority of the crowd turned to where she was standing. Dalton was angry, Aria was livid.

Even if she didn’t care about the dumb people in the room, what she would never want was for someone to disregard her in any manner. Creating a scandal that was so detrimental to her image, was the worst that could happen at that moment.

“It is another man,” another person muttered.

“She is cheating? How despicable.”

“Why would you jump to conclusions? We cannot even see the man’s face properly.”

“Explain yourself, cheat!” Someone screamed from the crowd again, and it became so awkward to stare at.

She was however relieved that the pictures she was staring at were just when she touched Collin, and not when they were too close to one another to share a cheek kiss. It would become a fact that she could never deny, because no one would believe her.

There was nothing that ran through her blood faster than anger and fury, because she knew exactly who had done the job. There could be only one person who could have done that.

“I thought you said you weren’t going to reveal it. What is this?” Ellen turned to Hailey disappointedly for ruining her party.

“Dalton is back now, and he came to your party. He has the right to know now,” Hailey replied so unapologetically, and rolled her eyes frivolously.

“Are you serious? Did you have to do it in everyone’s presence?” Ellen scolded angrily. She could not believe what her friend was saying.

“You were not showing any sign of being a supportive friend and still are not. These are reasons why we are not bonding well again. You have become a snitch!” Hailey spat at Ellen, but no one was hearing the two friends have their own brawl at the other side of the room. They were all immersed with the situation of Aria cheating or not.

“Are you really cheating on my son?!” Mrs. Eleanor Miller took the lead in the direct questioning, which made people elated in their minds that someone finally could ask the question they all wanted an answer to. They were still wary about Dalton though, who seemed to be boiling furiously on a spot.

“You guys have the guts to call my wife a cheat?!” The voice demanded imperiously, as a cold and feeling of deep, dark tension settled into the air and everyone’s mind.

They all became fearful of the fact that they had overreacted, when it was not news to them of what Dalton was capable of doing. Because of the surprising pictures, they would have expected him to condemn her too if it turned out to be true.

“And who gave the right to point accusing fingers? So Aria and I cannot have fun as we please again? Because of you scoundrels?” Dalton’s mouth spat of burning larva and anger, as he looked at everyone in the room angrily. He couldn’t be more than mad at that point.

Aria’s heart melted the moment she heard Dalton talk, as she turned to look at him immediately he claimed that it was both of them.

‘What has changed him so much? Why was he being so nice to her? Why was he stirring her heart in ways that she hated?’

“If you record anything, I would make sure you rot in jail!” he threatened in a dark manner, when he noticed that some people were trying to do a life stream and record what was going on.

“Alex, make sure every phone is thoroughly checked before everyone leaves. I want no scandal. Watch the surveillance footage too, and sue as many people that made derogatory statements,” he ordered and turned to Aria, “Let us go,” he grabbed her by the arm and they left the building immediately.

Aria’s heart could not help but thump more than ever in her life, as she followed behind Dalton gently like nothing had just happened. She was still concerned about the fact that they had dropped into the pool water that wasn’t purely it, but the most disturbing issue on her mind was what was wrong with Dalton and not her.

Judging by his nature, he should have gotten angry when he saw something like that, but he protected her. He didn’t ask for an explanation from her concerning the reason she was in the pool with a man, when he should be dispatching his men to make sure that the person in picture suffers endlessly.

‘Why was he doing it? Why was he confusing her? Was it for the worst to come after they left where no one would see them?’