Aria also noticed the change in his expression and was very curious about the reason behind it as well.
Andrew put down his phone and gazed at the girl infront of him.
"I have to go." He said; regretfully. For the first time he wanted to stay. To explore the girl infront of him. This weird feeling he had been feeling, he wanted to know the reason behind it.
Aria's also felt crestfallen and downhearted. She didn't want him to leave. For the first time, she felt connected to someone; she met someone whose gaze made her feel like she is the only one existing in his eyes. She felt like this person is the one with whom she can speak unreservedly without been judged.
They both wanted to speak; to let it out infront of the other person but didn't know where to start. Both had the thoughts but not the words to express.
Taking a deep breath, Andrew took a few steps back and turn around; taking a few steps forward but pause again.
"Aria, we will definitely meet again." Andrew left; making a promise which was never fulfilled in her previous life.
Aria gazed at the retreating shadow; her gaze downhearted and dejected. Her heart feeling more heavier.
That was the first and the last time she saw Andrew in her previous life. It was not like she couldn't find him out or something like that; afterall, he was the heir and the crown prince of the Smiths, always dazzling in the news.
But she never got the courage to meet him and also she got together with Liam, entirely cutting off any reason to talk and meet him.
On various occasion she thought of meeting him, but couldn't built up the courage for it and when she finally decided to meet him atleast once after she got married, she was murdered.
Not meeting him again was one of the greatest regrets of her previous life.
She didn't what she felt for him but she definitely realised that whatever it was, Andrew always had and always will hold a special place in her heart.
Aria woke up from her trance as the taxi stopped at the front of the hotel. She made her way back to her room with Sophia and leaped onto the bed in exhaustion.
Gazing at her daughter's adorable antics, Sophia chuckled as she also settled down beside her.
"My princess is this much tired from just one trip to mall. And here I thought she loved shopping." Sophia teased Aria; caressing her hairs.
"Mom.... It's nothing like that. You know much I love to dress up and shop." Aria exaggerated; opening her arms wide to prove her point.
"Ok..OK. I know. Now get up and change into something comfortable till I order dinner for both of us. After filling up your little tummy, you can sleep." Sophia told her as she picked Aria up in her arms, making her way to the bathroom while patting her stomach.
A little while later, the mother-daughter pair were enjoying there dinner together; teasing each other, laughing freely without any restrain.
"Will you join me tomorrow princess to our apartment to move everything or will you stay in the hotel room?" Sophia asked for Aria's opinion; well aware that even though Aria is excited for their new house but she also can't handle dust around her.
"I will stay here in the hotel room mom. You go but don't forget to video-call me, ok. I want to see how are house is decorated." Aria sternly reminded Sophia; her right hand on her waist while she pointed her index finger at Sophia while raising her head high like a peacock, trying to look presiding and prepotent but ended up looking endearing in Sophia's eyes.
Chuckling, Sophia pulled Aria in her arms, on her lap; taking her in a back hug. Sophia put her chin on her head as she squeezed her precious darling daughter tightly.
"I know my princess. We will design the entire house just as we discuused before and I will also video-call you. OK, your highness?" Sophia asked lovingly.
Aria hums in delight as they finish their dinner and settle down on the bed.
Already exhausted from the entire day venture, both went into their dreamlands as soon as their head touched the pillow.
The next day,
Aria woke up at the sound of her mother talking to someone on the phone. Sitting up, Aria stretched her tiny arms above her head, yawning and rubbing her eyes as she make that little bit sleep left to disappear from her eyes.
"Yes. The address in correct. You can load everything and bring it together. Yes I will also be there in an hour. Ok...Ok. Thank you." Sophia ended her call as she eyed her daughter waking up and step forward towards her.
"My princess is awake. hurry up and freshen up. Mommy also have to go and decorate our new home for my princess. But before that mommy wants to havebreakfast with her princess. Hurry.." Sophia said as she urged Aria to the bathroom.
Aria immediately brushed her teeth and freshened up. Coming out of the bathroom, Aria gazed at her mother setting the table for them and ran into her her arms.
"Good morning mommy." Aria greeted; pecking her mother's cheeks.
"Good morning to you as well my princess." Sophia replied; pecking her daughter's forehead, drinning widely.
"Princess, stay in the room and don't go out anywhere without telling mommy. If you feel hungry, just order something from room service and keep reporting every few hours ok." Sophia told Aria as she severed a toast and a glass of milk to her.
Picking up the toast, Aria stuffed her mouth full as she nodded to Sophia; her cheeks puffed with food.
Sophia chuckled at her captivating face.
"Eat slowly princess. No one is going to take away your food." Sophia told her as she pressed the glass of milk to her lips. Aria just ignored everything as she took a sip from the glass and continued to enjoy her breakfast.
Finishing the breakfast, Sophia got ready to leave as Aria lazed on the sofa like a kitten.
Caressing her head, Sophia once again reminded Aria.
"Remember everything I told you. Take care of yourself princess. If something happens, quickly call mommy." Sophia instructed Aria; worried and stressed to leave her alone.
"I know mom. Don't worry. I will take care of my self properly and will call you even if nothing happened. Now go." Aria calmed her mother down before shooing her away as she again got into lazy kitten posture.
Sophia looked at her one last time before she left the room.
The moment Sophia left, the loafing expression left her face and she straightened up; stretching her arms and body as she made her way to the shopping bags on the floor and pulled out her newly bought laptop from the bag.
Turning it on. Aria set it up properly; signing-in, installing all the necessary systems and softwares required and started to write her own security system with a ten layered firewalls which not everyone can breach. In her previous life, she was a very well know hacker "REBEL GIRL" in the hacking world. Even though she couldn't compare to the top hackers out there but she still ranked 98th in the top 100 hackers in the world.
Any software or system made by her was sold in hundred thousands and sometimes even millions. Later when her soul was trapped in that space, she used to spent maximumof her time in the library present there.
The library contained books on almost evrything and one of them was hacking. Having nothing else to do, she used to learn from them and then tried and tested those theories later in the practice room in the space.
She was not sure how much time she spent there practising or how much she had improved but she was definitely sure that now, she can certainly compete with those old monsters in the top 10 hackers of the list or even with her idol, "The black emperor", the most powerful hacker in the world who has ruled the ranking chart for over two decades. No one knew who he was or what he did, but almost evry hacker out there adored, admired and respected him, herself included.
Fingers raced on the keyboard as she logged into a site very familiar to her from her previous life, "The Dark Web", the home of all the hackers in the world.