Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

Hours earlier

“Why did you really want to meet, Aria? It is not like I am trying to sound so annoying or anything, but you really are not the type to honour invites like this immediately. Are you sure everything is okay?” Collin, who was looking at the lady that was sitting in front of him asked, trying to figure out if anything was going wrong with her.

He had expected her to refuse his request and had prepared for the disappointment, but she rather surprised him by agreeing to come meet him wherever he chose.

She was barely eating any slice from the pizza that they ordered, and even the drink he noticed that she really liked was left untouched. As much as she tried to look okay after she accepted his idea to eat lunch together, he still could sense that something was wrong with everything about her.

“A very nice friend of mine died. It is so upsetting,” Aria told him just one of the many things that was disturbing her, as she picked a golden fork from the one of the cutlery that was on the table, and used it to pick the spicy shrimp dish on one of the plates. She moved again to the slice of strawberry cake that was served, and took a bite from it.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“You have another friend? That is really surprising to hear, and I am so sorry she died,” Collin said in a solemn voice, still curious to know how she had the friend, and what caused the friend to die. There was just so much to ask her.

“And I think it is really sad for you, and not just upsetting. Just say everything you really feel, without filtering anyone out. I am here to listen to every single thing,” he assured her.

“What about the information I asked about? Were you able to figure out anything?” Aria changed the topic of discussion, to the next one on her agenda. Talking about Martha was not going to improve what she was feeling within her.

“It was quite the difficult task and I could even get much on him. It was just by chance that the person who was meant to investigate knew him, and my assistant who also once lived in Scotland took on checking out the rest. Guy has committed quite a few crimes there, but I think it is more than that,” he stated, “The files are in the car.”

“I really appreciate your help,” Aria said to him, and gently took a sip from the coconut milk drink the waitress served afterwards.

“Is there any problem? Is anything bothering you?” Collin asked again the question that kept bothering him, which was about how Aria was really fairing and what she had been up to. She always bothered him whenever she was not with him, and even whenever she was with him. Everytime.

“I am doing well. Nothing much,” Aria smiled faintly, and shoved a piece of cake which was quite a large size in her mouth, to prevent herself from answering any further questions.

“Who is this guy that asked to run a check on?”

“Can you do one more thing for me? Anytime I call you from now on, it means only one thing. Call the cops, send these files to them, and direct them straight into the Millers mansion. I will tell you why later.”

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“This person in this house that acts all bossy and rude, is not the real Aria Hamilton and I have proof,” Aria’s fingers worked fast on her phone immediately as she dialed Collin’s number.

There was no way she would allow the bastard to talk about the past in front of everyone, which would ruin things and make every of her strategic plans more difficult to tackle. She had to do something before he caused more problems in her life.

“What do you mean by that? And what evidence do you have that can support your claims?” Dalton, who was most displeased to hear any form of negative thing about Aria, demanded that the uncultured swine that his sister wanted to marry, talk.

He usually never gave anyone chances to mess up in his presence, and seeing Emma’s boyfriend interfere into their family issues was infuriating. The fact that he wasn’t even a part of their family yet before babbling and calling Aria names, was enough reason to cancel the wedding after throwing him out of their lives for good.

Pak! Pak!!

They all heard the loud sound that followed the storming of someone from her initial position, as her hand flew so fast in the air to hit hard against a soft mold of flesh. It turned out to be Damon’s left side of cheek which turned his face to the right immediately, to the resounding and reflex effect that the slap had on him.

Everyone was totally shocked. Emma’s eyes almost gouged out with her mouth left wide open. Dalton’s face remained stern but he was evidently affected, while Alex’s mouth was gape in shock at what had just happened before them. Ellen, who was just coming down from the stairs, almost stumbled at the sight she withheld.

Never would they ever have imagined to see Aria resort to violence in their lives, but it was shocking to see who the subject of the aggression was. Even the receiver of the action, Damon, was shocked that she would do such in front of everyone. Her raging voice followed next.

“This simpleton that Emma has brought home as a husband, is nothing more than an animal who is never satisfied with what he has. I have kept quiet so as not to ruin any lives like you guys have done to mine, but I would not watch to suffer such injustice of sexual harassment from him!” Aria declared impassively, and there was more bewilderment circulating through the room. They all were confused.

‘What?! Sexual harassment? From who? What was she saying?’ was the clamoring and muttering going on in the room, demanding an explanation to every coded word she was saying. They could not understand.

“Shut up! You bitch!” Damon was so shaken by the degradation she had put him through in front of everyone yelled, and she ended up dragging him by the hair to cause more pain to him.

He was trying so hard within him to avoid hitting her like the man that he was, because the family he was standing before could ruin his life finally for doing anything rash. Especially Dalton.

“This man here, tried to touch me inappropriately on the day of the banquet. It was after he had probably tried to do the same thing to Ellen, and he tried to mess up with me too. Eva can testify.”

Eleanor was just striding down the stairs when she heard the hubbub that was going on downstairs, and was just in time to hear what Aria had claimed. Ellen was so shocked to hear Aria mention her name, as her body began to quake in fear that she saw what had transpired between her and Damon, on the night of the banquet.

However, hearing that Aria was trying to support her by just fixing her scenario into the picture and not putting out her secret, she had to play along in the right way so as to finally get rid of Damon from her life. Eva was taken aback to hear Aria mention her name, as her cold eyes rested on the billionaire’s wife’s face, who rolled her eyes at her immediately both eyes met.

“Yes. Damon, assa ….. ulted me. He tried, he tried to touch me too,” Ellen shut her eyes tight as she struggled to talk out, hoping that things would not go wrong with everything that was unfolding before everyone. She could not risk anything that would boomerang against her.

“You dared to do that in my own house?!” Dalton demanded in hot rage, immediately he heard everything that his family was saying. He could kill Damon immediately at the spot by being violent, but Alex was inwardly hoping that his boss would not lose his illustrious nature at that point.

“What the fuck are you saying?! Your family are liars. This pretty daughter of yours is a nightclub dancer and a……..

“You are under arrest, Damon. For being a fraudster who goes from family to family blackmailing using their weakest link. Also for sexual harassment, cybercrimes, extortion, telemarketing fraud, and so many crimes you have been involved in, during your course of traveling from one place to another. If you remember the daughter of a wealthy family you scammed of millions of dollars, Sophie Hudson. Her family is willing to take everything you have caused them, out against you using the law. You have no way out now.”

“Damon is not like that! Aria, what are you saying? Why are you doing this to him?” Emma sobbed painfully as she screamed out, with the look of disapproval she could see on her mother’s face. Eleanor had finally won against her immature daughter, but was really shocked to watch Aria count every allegation against Damon.

“You are a liar and a cheat. You are using this family, you ……”

“You are under arrest, Damon Watson. Anything you say from now on, will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney of your own or a public defender,” one of the three policemen who walked into the room said, as they moved closer to Damon with handcuffs who was looking so confused and tried to run.

“Who let these people into this house?!” Eleanor demanded imperiously, at the sight of policemen that were standing in the mansion. She hated them and always cringed at her sight. They were like every elite’s worst nightmare.

“I did, and they are here to evacuate, Damon!” Aria declared.

“That lady is not Aria. She is from my past. She has a mar……….” The policemen dragged him out of the room immediately in a rough manner.

There was confusion and chaos in the room. Wailing, happiness, relief, sadness, outsmarting, shock, were the emotions and feelings that were circling around the room.

She won again. But, what would Dalton say?