All Chapters of Who Did I Marry : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Adrian’s POV***The smoke was getting thicker. Ethan and I had tried everything we could. We moved through the hallway, checking every room we could reach. We shouted, called out, and searched for the person we had seen running through the smoke. But whoever it was had disappeared because we found nothing. No person, no clue, nothing.I stood near the entrance, coughing as I watched the firefighters move around the compound. The fire had already spread through part of the house, but they were doing everything they could to control it. Water sprayed toward the building. Firefighters moved quickly. Some were shouting instructions to one another while others carried equipment into the house. At least they were succeeding. The flames were slowly becoming smaller. But the fire didn't scare me. Not anymore.Aria did.My mind kept going back to her. Where was she? Was she safe? What if the person we had seen running away had already escaped? What if that person wasn't running away from the

Aria’s POV*** “So where do I sleep now?”The question left my mouth before I could even think about it. I looked at the house. Or what was left of it. The fire was finally under control, but the place did not look the same anymore. There were dark marks around some of the windows. Smoke had covered parts of the walls. Some of the curtains were hanging badly.The smell of smoke was everywhere. Even from outside, I could tell that something inside had been badly damaged. And my room was upstairs. The room I had been sleeping in since I came here. I knew there was no way it had escaped the fire completely.Adrian looked at me. For a moment, he didn't answer. Then he looked toward the house.“You won't sleep in your room tonight.”“I know.” I crossed my arms. “That is why I'm asking.”Ethan looked between us. “There are several guest rooms.”I turned toward him. “Are they okay?”“Yes.”“How do you know?”He shrugged. “They are on the other side of the house.”I looked at Adrian. He nodd

Aria’s POV***I followed my father out of the room.The hallway felt colder than before. The lights were dim and the air smelled a little like smoke still. Every step I took made a soft sound on the floor. My father walked a little ahead of me. His shoulders looked heavy. Like he was carrying something big and heavy that he didn’t want me to see.We reached a quiet corner near the big window that looked out to the garden. The sky outside was already turning dark. Night was coming fast. The trees outside looked black now. Everything felt quiet and strange.My father stopped and turned to face me.“Aria,” he said. His voice was low and tired. “I want you to leave with me.”I blinked. “Leave?”“Yes. Tonight.”I stared at him. My heart started beating faster. “Why? Why all of a sudden?”He looked away for a second. Then he looked back at me. His eyes were full of worry. “It’s not safe here. I want to protect you.”Protect me.Those words should have made me feel warm. Instead they made s

Adrian’s POV***I left Aria in that room and walked straight to my father’s study.My hands still felt warm from touching her leg. The soft way she looked at me when she asked “What are you doing?” kept replaying in my head. I didn’t like how it made my chest feel tight. I didn’t like that I cared.I pushed the door open without knocking.My father was already sitting behind his big desk. The lamp on the side made his face look harder than usual. He didn’t look up when I came in. He just kept reading some papers.I closed the door behind me.“You called for me,” I said.He slowly put the papers down and looked at me. His eyes were cold.“Sit down.”I stayed standing.He raised one eyebrow. “I said sit down, Adrian.”I walked to the chair in front of his desk and sat. The room felt heavy. Like the air itself was waiting for something bad to happen.My father leaned back in his chair and stared at me for a long time. Then he spoke.“You didn’t call me when the house was on fire.”His v

Aria’s POV***I couldn’t take it anymore.All the secrets. All the lies. All the people telling me to wait and stay quiet. My chest felt too full, like if I stayed silent one more second I would break into tiny pieces. My leg still hurt under the bandage Adrian had put on it, but the pain in my body was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.So I left the room.I didn’t tell anyone. I just stood up and walked out. The hallway felt colder than before. The lights were dim. Every shadow on the wall looked like it was watching me. My footsteps sounded too loud in the quiet house. I kept walking faster and faster, even though my leg was aching.I knew exactly where I was going. The west wing. The locked corridor. The old wooden door that Adrian had told me never to open. The only part of the house that the fire somehow didn’t touch. That alone already told me something important was behind it.When I finally reached the long hallway that led to the door, I saw two servants standing nea