"Mommy!" Aria ran to her mother's direction but when she saw Noah she switched her direction and ran to his arms instead.
Adriana's face crumbled. She sent Noah a glare. It didn't feel good seeing her daughter choosing her father over her.
Not to mention Aria told her all about her WONDERFUL AMAZING most MEMORABLE moment in her life when she met Noah. An ANGEL that saved her, and took care of so KINDLY.
But what made her even more annoyed is that he met Aria before she could!
Grrr
"Mommy don't get jealous okay. It's just that I hug you all the time but uncle Noah needs a hug too right?" She showed Noah her innocent eyes and the cutest expression she could make.
Noah subconsciously smiled and nodded his head. Aria grinned and had her little arms wrapped themselves around his neck.
"You better give me a hug now or else I won't let Uncle Noah babysit you anymore." Adriana smirked.
"Mommy that's blackmail." Aria scolded her.
"..." Seriously?
Noah's smile grew.
Wow, so she knows how to expose her mother so well. It seems she has another thing in common with him too.
Since he started having Aria around him he realized how many things they have in common.
"Blackmail is allowed when I'm your mother." Adriana insisted on opening her arms, waiting for a hug from her ''angelic' daughter.
"And that's uh ab-ssube of power" Aria crossed her arms.
"...." Did she just say abuse of power? Sure, her speech was a little off but what she had been meaning to say was very clear.
"Where did you learn that?" Adriana asked.
Adriana jumped from Noah's arms and with his help she landed on the ground safely. Aria hid her hands behind her back innocently walking towards her mom.
"When you were in a meeting last month, you said LABELS was blackmailing and absubing their power." Aria giggled, her pronunciation off again.
"...." Seriously?
"She said that?" Noah asked, placing his eyes on Adriana.
"Sweetie, I did not say that." Adriana raised an eyebrow. "But you did…." Aria insisted.
"I was talking about one of your employees...I was definitely not talking bad about your company." Adriana laughed nervously.
Ah, now she remembered what Aria was talking about. She and one of the managers of LABELS had a little argument a month ago and he blackmailed her using the fact that there was a unicorn drawn over her designs. He wanted to embarrass her but it was all a joke from the manager who is a good friend of hers.
She never expected Aria to overhear her little argument.
"Hoho, I also remember that day a month ago I found a unicorn drawn on my designs...." Adriana commented.
"Haha, mommy that can't be me….what are you saying…" Aria laughed nervously and glanced at Noah, making sure her angelic image was not shattered.
Looking at their interactions Noah was surprised. He was also a bit jealous. Why couldn't he have a daughter with her? Why is she someone elses and not his?
Why couldn't he have a cute daughter like that? This thought made him feel blue.
*A/N: You will understand what Noah means by this in the future. Also, smh he got the right idea but the wrong person lol 🤦♀️
Does Adriana take him as a fool? How can she say she adopted Aria? It would be impossible to say they aren't mother and daughter.
"Mhmm you little devil, let's go inside." Adriana pulled her daughter inside the hotel room and she turned to Noah. "I'll pack some of her things just in case." She told him and he nodded.
"Mommy why can't uncle Noah babysit me here? I want to show him my travel collection of unicorns! Please…" Aria showed Adriana her round big eyes in an adorable way and she pouted her lips looking like a pitiful puppy.
Adriana shook her head.
"I don't mind." Noah replied shortly when she turned to look at him.
"Fine."
"Yay! Come on!" Aria dragged Noah inside and excitedly sat him down in the sofa. She walked to her room and dragged a little luggage inside.
"I will only take an hour or so. I will be back." Adriana said hoping Aria would come and give her a goodbye kiss but that was wishful thinking on her part.
Aria was already unpacking all her small unicorns of different colors, the clothes the unicorns wore were of the flags of countries she had visited.
Since Adriana travels alot because of her job she would use the opportunity to travel with her children and enjoy her time with them to the fullest.
Adriana sighed and decided to just walk out.
Looking at her mother's cute sulking face Aria grinned and she ran to her side. Adriana came down to her size and received a kiss on her cheek and then on the other cheek, her forehead, and nose followed after.
"Bye bye mommy! Take care."
…..
"Okay!" Aria turned to Noah when she made sure her mother was gone.
"Come on uncle Noah! I will teach all there is to know about mommy." She gave him a grin and extended her hand to guide him somewhere.
Noah was dumbfounded. Does she always do this?
Aria sat him at the dinner table and he had no choice but to wait there. Aria then brought an album over after making sure that there were no pictures of her brother inside.
"This is me and mommy in Paris. This is when I got the best student of the month award for the whole school year." Aria showed him the pictures.
She was definitely NOT bragging…..
"Oh, your mom looks really proud of you." Noah commented.
"Yup! She bought me a huge unicorn to put in my room afterwards!" She excitedly showed him the picture of her fighting with a unicorn 4 feet taller than her and with a big red bow on it's horn.
"And this is us, uncle Bryan and aunt Crysty teaching us how to do bowling because mommy didn't know."
After showing him a few more pictures she sat down in front of him, with her elbows on the table and she cupped her own cheeks with her palms. She gave him a long stare.
"So what do you think? Mommy likes to travel a lot with us- I mean me. You travel a lot too because of your job, and I also heard from my bro- friend that you also like traveling a lot."
Noah laughed nervously. It seems. The little girl is determined to put him and her mother together.
"Also, mommy has a very beautiful look!"
Aria slowly slid a picture she had been hiding from him. Her mother was sitting in a field of roses and Crysty had sneakily taken the picture.
Aria felt that it's one of the most beautiful pictures of her mother, because she looked happy when they went to that place.
Noah furrowed his eyebrows when he saw it. The place was all too familiar to it. "When was this?" He asked.
"Oh that was taken even before I was born!"Aria replied.
"Oh…." Noah seemed to be in deep thought as he analyzed the picture closely.
*****
Caroline, who Adriana told to leave the hotel room after she and Noah arrived, went towards the place they were supposed to meet.
She arrived at an apartment building. Though the exterior looked extravagant and in the past it used to be pretty popular now it's not what it was before.
All the apartment rooms were empty.
Adriana, who had acquired the building and made it hers only a year ago, decorated the penthouse and made it her safe space. A place where she would plan everything out and keep some of her secrets.
Caroline once thought that the penthouse was filled with all of Adriana's secrets but she was so wrong. Adriana would never do that, the place were all her secrets are, is her heart.
She sighed and walked inside. Though, the building wasn't being occupied it was still clean and renovations were in process. Adriana had other plans for the building so she would just wait and see what happens when the renovations are done.
She had been very curious about it but Adriana never showed her the plans for the renovation. The only thing Adriana asked to leave untouched was the penthouse.
Caroline would often find her playing the piano on her own. During rainy days specially, she would sit in a dark room and play a sweet calming melody all afternoon until her fingers grew tired. No one could disrupt her or tell her to stop.
Those were the moments where she would be all on her own. But of course, since she tries to avoid coming to New York she would only do so a few times a year. Sometimes just three and other times she would just not come at all.
As soon as she stepped foot inside the doors automatically opened. There were only a few staff doing their tasks, other than that the whole building was in complete silence.
Caroline took the elevator to the penthouse. When she exited the elevator Ralf was outside.
He took out a keycard from his pocket and he swiped it on the door, the light turned green and he pushed the door open. "Miss Caroline, long time no see." He bowed.
"Ah, how have you been Ralf." Caroline smiled.
"I have been doing good as usual. I assume you have too since you are here." Ralf chuckled.
"You are right, I'm still enjoying the time with my soon to be ex-husband. But anyways, is my sister inside?" She asked.
"Yes, Madam has arrived."
"Huh? How? I headed here first…" Caroline looked at him with a stunned expression.
"Oh, it's probably because Madam loves driving fast and Miss Caroline's driving skills suck. You always drive like a snail." Ralf gave her a 'bright' smile.
"Ugh, you never miss a chance to mock me."
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Author's Note:
Okay, the chapter was long and a lot happened.
So
1. I would literally die for Aria gosh she's so adorable lol. I basically created her character off my 3 year old sister, I'm blessed to have her!!!
2. Noah indeed has a bit of misunderstanding and you will know who he thinks Aria's father is in the future (I promise this misunderstanding won't be super frustrating)
3. Yes, Caroline and Adriana are indeed sisters, you read it correctly and aren't hallucinating lmao (more about this will be explained in Monday's chapter)
4. Caroline and her husband aren't in the amazing relationship she made it seem like a few chapters ago. She was being sarcastic that day. (More about this will also be revealed in future chapters)
5. Ralf and Caroline have an interesting rivalry that I find funny
P.S. I wrote this here bc the author note only allows 500 words!
That's all!
Stay safe❤️