While Aria and Stuart continued to follow the people ahead of them, remaining as hidden as possible, Noah was distressed on the other side. He broke out into a cold sweat when he recalled Aria's call. He had been in an important meeting all day and the place he was at had bad signal reception. So, he had no idea what had happened outside.
It was only when he was on his way back that he received Aria's voice note in the group and his heart skipped a beat when he heard about Ivy being kidnapped.
At first, he assumed it to be a prank, a cruel, heartless prank. But Aria was not a person to play a terrible prank. Immediately, he called Aria and when he heard her cry over the phone, his rationality snapped completely. He couldn't think straight at all and even more so when the call ended abruptly.
Once, twice, thrice, no matter how many ever times he called afterward, her phone was not reachable. "Fuck!" He was exasperated and he called Joshua immediately.
