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The happiness that William felt upon hearing that she was single, even if he would never admit it, was quickly replaced with dejection even though he told himself that he shouldn’t feel anything in regards to the girl.
“Why wouldn’t she want a boyfriend?" William asked with a frown. Megan looked sad for a moment and a little bit angry before she shook herself.
“That’s Aria’s story to tell, not mine. All you need to know is that she is very fragile and under my protection. So, y
ou are not to bother her, William, because I could see how you looked at her and I know how you are when someone grabs your attention. But she is not like the girls you are used to and I will not let you use her. She has been through enough.” Megan said, all the previous banter now missing from her voice.
“Okay, okay Mom. I get it, the girl is off-limits.” Will threw his arms in surrender and rolled his eyes.
After a while, Meg got up and left with some blond, leaving Will alone with his thoughts.
He knew that he had promised his sister not to bother Aria, and he was going to keep that promise, but he still couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to the beautiful girl to make her not want to be with someone. It must have been something serious to stop a young woman like her from pursuing a relationship of any kind.
William suddenly felt a surge of anger coursing through his veins by the thoughts running through his mind, which surprised him since he usually didn’t care about anyone except his family.
He quickly got up and in a spur of the moment decision, decided to go and check on her. He felt a strong urge to protect her, even if from a distance and even though it confused him, he wasn’t ready to question it. If the girl didn’t want a relationship that was fine and Will most certainly wouldn’t force her. Besides, he was not a relationship type of guy; not anymore, but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t at least be Aria’s friend.
He had heard a lot of nice things about her from Meg over the course of the previous year, and he had been looking forward to meeting her, the fact that Aria was so beautiful only serving to expand that desire.
When William finally managed to squeeze himself through the crowd, he turned around in search of her and spied her a little to the left where she was talking with the same guy from before.
He thought that Aria was looking rather uncomfortable, so he quickened his pace to get to her. When he was close enough, he saw her looking at her feet with her hands squeezed into fists tightly.
“I am sorry, Mark, but I don’t want to dance.”, Will heard her say through clenched teeth, the pink hue on her pale cheeks and the way her body was starting to shake, all telling him that she was pretty close to losing her patience.
“Come on Aria, I can show you what you are missing. You have been working here for a year and I have been patient with you, but now I am done waiting. You have no idea the things I want to do to you, how I imagine hearing you scream every night when in my bed. I could take you so high; you’ll think you’re flying.” the guy said in a voice that Will suspected he thought was seductive, his fingers running up and down Aria’s arm and making her shiver and draw even more into herself. She tried moving away, once more, but it proved pointless since the guy had her caged against the bar.
“I think that the girl has said no. And if you value your health you will remove yourself from her presence immediately. Unless you want me to call my brother, Meg, the owner of this club, and you could explain to him why you were bothering his employee?”
William stepped behind him and said through clenched teeth, barely managing to hold in his anger.
The guy immediately turned around, glaring angrily at him and it was obvious to Will that he wanted to argue, but he thankfully changed his mind and turned around and left before things had the time to escalate.
Will made sure that the guy was gone for good, while making a mental note to ask his brother about the prick and the reason he had been allowed in the club in the first place before he turned back to check if Aria was alright. The words, however, died in his throat, because the moment he turned around Aria jumped into his arms and hugged him.
In his arms
Aria wasn’t sure what came over her. In one moment, she was being harassed, yet again, by Mark and in the next she was squeezing the daylights out of Meg’s brother.
She couldn’t even remember the last time she had hugged someone other than Meg or Nura, and she had to admit that it felt surprisingly nice.
She could feel Will’s strong arms wrapped tightly around her body, and instead of being uncomfortable by the contact like she would usually be, all Aria felt at that moment was safe.
She became aware that the usual tight grip she had over her emotions was starting to slip and she tried to keep a hold on it, but it felt impossible, so in the end she let go.
She started weeping like a baby, in the middle of the club, her body shaking with loud sobs as she gripped the soft shirt beneath her hands tightly and buried her face into the strong chest.
In the next moment, she was swept off her feet and found herself in William’s arms being carried away.
The thought of protesting went through her mind but she quickly discarded it, too tired to do anything except throw her arms around Will’s neck and squeeze him tightly.
After a couple of minutes, she heard the door being open and then shut, blocking the sounds from the club, and felt William sit down with her still in his arms.
She gave a feeble attempt to move away but he just hugged her tighter as a large hand began rubbing circles across Aria’s back while a soft, deep voice kept shushing her and telling her that everything was going to be alright. The motion helped calm Aria down, and she soon found herself dozing off.
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Aria woke up, feeling disoriented. Her head was pounding, her eyes were puffy and swollen and she felt unable to move.
