96 "This is my fiance..." (1/2)

Noah and troy were happy to be united again and were feasting on their success of defeating Sam with others. Aria was not discharged from the hospital yet and when they invited her to celebrate with them, she refused even after they tried to convince her multiple times. Noah and Troy were a bit down after being refused but the others cheered them up.

”Don't worry man, She is like that all the time,” Sofi reassured them.

”But she wasn't like this before...” Noah said and in a tiny voice. They laughed at him for acting childish.

”She changed a lot in these two years, she doesn't let anyone get too close to her, even we don't her plans,” Jimmy said and the others agreed with him.

”This girl has become so ruthless, I can't even remember how many people she has fired for going against her,” George said and laughed.

”This is all because of me...” Noah said abruptly and dropped his head.

”I shouldn't have left her if only I was brave enough to stay by her side. If only I listened to her side of the story as well.” He started tearing up for he felt blameworthy. He lost so many years of his life just because of his stupid mistakes. The others were shocked and comforted him.

”Man, don't be so discouraged, she's right here now, she'll understand you,” Troy said and stroked his back.

”Yeah, you can apologize to her.” Lewis tried to console him.

”She doesn't even talk to me.” He said and they were speechless.

Although they were comforting, they knew deep down that it was false hope, they couldn't see a way back because she was long gone out of their reach. She had built high walls around herself and no one could reach her.

He cried and they just caressed his back and sat there quietly. They returned to the hospital after an hour or so to check on her but were shocked to know that she was not there. They asked the doctor about her whereabouts and he told that she was discharged earlier that afternoon and was gone back to the Palace.

”Why is she at the palace?” Jimmy asked in doubt.

”Because maybe she lives there...?” Noah said.

”No, she lives in her mansion from the last two years and rarely goes to the palace.” Sofi corrected him. Suddenly Sofi's phone buzzed and she got a notification.

”Oh god!!” She exclaimed loudly.

”What's wrong?” They asked at once and were kinda worried now.

”Today is the party.” She said and at first, they were relieved but then they remembered what it meant.

”Oh god!!” They all said at once.

”No wonder she went back to the palace,” Jimmy said and they rushed out of the hospital.

”What the hell is happening guys?” Troy asked them in confusion.

”Yeah, why are you all freaking out?” Noah added.

”Today is the biggest party of the year and she is going to kill us for forgetting about it, we've been preparing for it for a long time,” Jimmy explained as he started driving the car while the others were working on their phones or iPad to arrange everything. The trio was making phone calls managing everything and rechecking if all the preparations were done. Sofi called Aria and apologized to her. She ignored what she said and told her to prepare everything before she arrives there.