"No...the question is wrong."
Ariana shook her head realizing something before she held her father's gaze towards her. The gaze that was usually cold now seemed warm to her then. She knows this is what has happened all this time, but she didn't realize it until now when she decides to look with her heart.
"What I should say is... You do care about me."
Alexander's face turned hard right then as he began to grit his teeth which Ariana was already familiar with this habit of his. He always did that when he didn't know what he supposed to do and in this case, to say something. However, he who didn't denying still makes her feel happy.
"I heard you helped with the treatment of Zayn."
"I never did." Firm he said.
"But you got Sir Paul to accidentally put something rare inside Herbalist Sadie's laboratory which that 'thing' coincidentally can help Zayn to recover."
"You didn't even have evidence."
