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Chapter 485 Did I Hurt Him?
Chapter 485 Did I Hurt Him?
Chapter 485 Did I Hurt Him?
Fiona almost burst into tears in fear. She raised her voice and added. "I'm so sorry, Aria. From now on,
I won't talk bad about you anymore. If I do, you can hit me. I do apologize."
Paul pulled her into the corridor and tossed her to the floor.
"Listen. If you insult Aria again, I won't let go of you like I do today."
Fiona nodded desperately while weeping.
When Paul was about to take Aria away, she shook his hand off.
Paul was baffled, wondering what she wanted to do and if his behaviors had annoyed her.
Paul was afraid of losing her. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
The next second, Aria strode towards those women and slapped them across their faces.
"Do you think this matter is over? Of course not. I don't mind the rumors about me, as I've done
ridiculous things before. How dare you insult Paul? Your apology to me isn't enough. You should say
sorry to Paul. Now!"
Paul watched her in a daze.
Sophia looked at Drake with a smile, seeing him smiling at her too.
"If you refuse, my brother and sister-in-law will buy out your families' companies. You'll all go bankrupt."
Earlier, Fiona apologized to Aria because she would be killed if not. Also, she was afraid of the Riley
family.
Besides, if they had offended Aria, it would mean that they also offended the Duncan, the Price
families, and the four most influential families in Pinkerton.
Therefore, if Aria wanted them to apologize to her, they would do it. However, they were reluctant to
apologize to Drake's assistant.
"Unwilling to apologize? No problem. My brother and sister-in-law are dining with me together. I'll tell
them now."
Those women panicked and didn't expect Drake and Sophia to be there as well.
First, they didn't believe her. However, once they raised their heads, they saw Drake and Sophia.
In fear, they immediately apologized to Paul.
"Mr. Parker, I'm sorry."
"Please let us off, Mr. Parker."
"Mr. Parker, I know you are generous. Please forgive us."
Paul looked at them but didn't accept their apologies, as they did so for the Riley family's sake.
However, he didn't express it.
"This matter is closed," he uttered.
Aria could tell he wasn't as happy as she had imagined.
Walking to him, she asked, "What's wrong, Paul?"
"Nothing."
Paul and Aria returned to the private box.
While they continued to eat, Paul looked as usual. However, Aria sensed something was wrong but
couldn't explain why.
After dinner, Paul sent her home and left quickly.
Aria whispered to Sophia, "I want to have a talk with you, Sophia."
"Sure. Let's talk over there."
Since it was a girls' talk, Drake couldn't join them.
Sitting at the table next to the floor-to-ceiling window with Sophia, Aria looked worried.
Sophia poured her a glass of milk and asked, "About Paul, right?"
Holding the glass with both hands, Aria nodded.
"I wonder if I'm oversensitive, Sophia. I felt he changed a lot after the incident had happened."
Sophia watched the scene, so she could roughly figure out what was happening as an outsider.
"Aria, have you considered the gap between you and Paul? Do you know what it is?"
Aria thought carefully. "Our family backgrounds?"
Before Sophia answered, she added, "No way! I told him before everyone was born equally, in my
opinion."
Sophia shook her head. "You are wrong. Many people don't care about family backgrounds. However,
they subconsciously feel stressed when they date people from our circle."
Aria looked at her in confusion.
"In your opinion, you guys are equal. Just now, you felt sorry for him, but your words had hurt him
accidentally."
"What... What did I say?" Aria was baffled, wondering what she had done wrong.
"You can make them apologize, but you threatened that Drake and I would make their families go
bankrupt if they refused."
"Those words sounded fine, and you were used to saying them. However, Paul must have thought he
was indeed incompetent as he had to rely on us to resolve the trouble."
"It might be nothing to you, but those women's slander had planted seeds for his sense of
powerlessness. Your words just made him feel he was powerless and worthless."
"I..."
If Sophia didn't explain, Aria would never think of it.
"Did I hurt him?"
Sophia nodded in confirmation.
"What should I do, then? I don't know how to explain it. Sophia, you know I didn't mean that."
"Of course I do. However, this kind of conflict will break out between you sooner or later. Wherever you
go, you'll always hear such rumors. Even if they didn't talk to you in the face, they would do it behind
your back."
"You can ignore them, but what about Paul? Can he really bear them? Honestly speaking, Paul was too
self-contemptuous in your presence."
Aria wondered what she should do.
"Sophia, shall I explain to him?"
Sophia shook her head.
Aria was so anxious that she almost shed tears. "If I don't, will he think too much after returning home?"
Sophia chuckled, "If you explained, he would suffer more. In the future, when you go out with him, you
must pay more attention and avoid him hearing such rumors."
Aria nodded. "I'll do it, Sophia. Thanks."
Aria was worried Paul would ignore her from then on. However, he went out with her the following day
as if nothing had happened.
Aria didn't think he had overcome it. Like Sophia reminded her, the slander had planted seeds for his
sense of powerlessness.
Before they sprouted, Aria wished to resolve them.
One day, Helena called Sophia and said she would go to shoot some movie scenes in Sealand in the
following three months. Sophia and Chloe were overjoyed as they could reunite again.
Chloe asked deliberately, "Will Travis come to Sealand with you? Or you guys will part for three
months. TSK. TSK. Can he be not worried about you?"