Aaron had finally walked in and a crazy idea suddenly came to Rhea's mind.
'Honey, you're finally here! These people are bullying me'.
'What?'. Aaron was confused but then he understood what Rhea was trying to do.
'Oh really? They must have thought you had no one to support you and that's why they dared to bully my wife in my territory'.
'You're too much Aaron, you don't own this place'. Felix hated Aaron's guts and seeing him together with the woman he had rejected wasn't something that went well with him.
While Felix was still arguing with Aaron, he didn't notice that the expressions of Felix's parents had changed.
Ava and Anna on the other hand were surprised. 'Anna, didn't you say that Felix and Aaron were brothers? Why are they fighting now and that too for this lowlife girl'.
'I don't know mom, let's just watch'.
'You tell your girlfriend to let go of the tux right now or else....'.
'Or else what? Anna took it first'.
'Oh really? why don't we ask someone here?'.
Aaron called one of the attendants who had been there to ask about it,
'Kindly tell us who picked the tux first or better yet, get me the manager first'.
The attendant nodded and left, they were too scared to interfere when the argument started. After all, it involved the big shots.
Anna's father finally spoke, 'Mr Aaron, I don't think you need to interfere. She might be your wife but she is still my daughter first and this is our family matters'.
'Hah! Daughter? Oh you must be mistaken SIR! Cause I don't understand how I'm your daughter. Your daughter died the moment you left her in that ambulance to die and you didn't even bother to check up on her so sir, you might wanna rethink before calling me your daughter'.
'It still doesn't change the fact that I clothed and fed all these years so you have to be grateful at least'.
'Grateful? That's the biggest joke I've ever heard in my life apart from when these two clowns tried to take over my wedding venue.
You said I should be grateful? why? For being your maid all these years? For living a life that's not mine? Should I be grateful that you betrayed my mother for her sister? Should I?!'.
'WHAT!! Who told you that rubbish?!'.
Henry was flustered to hear all that. He made sure that word about his ugly past never got out and now, his daughter was saying it in front of every one'.
The people who came to the mall wasted no time in posting all that.
Aaron, seeing all this, immediately hugged Rhea to prevent her from losing control.
'I suggest you let us stick to the main topic on ground Mr Henry, let's not dwell on the past because as you can see, my wife is getting agitated already'.
Ava also signaled Henry to stop as the crowd was getting bigger, all this for one tuxedo.
The Hilton couple who had been quiet all these while finally spoke, 'Aaron dear, we've been here for quite a while. Didn't you notice us? The least you could do was say hello to your mom and dad'.
Henry was shocked, 'Mom and Dad?'.
'Oh please, I've said it before and I'm saying it again, let's stick to the topic on ground. I am not interested in all these drama'. Aaron didn't have the energy to deal with the both of them.
Mrs Hilton couldn't contain herself and was about to hold Aaron when her husband stopped her.
Rhea was also confused, she had met Aaron's mother before and her name was Mabel but now, Ophelia Hilton, Felix's mother was claiming that Aaron was her son. Rhea was confused but decided to ask Aaron about it later.
The crowd were amazed and those filming were blown away, it was sad to them that even if they post it, it will still be taken down.
The manager finally came and surprisingly, he was smiling so happily that it made Henry confused.
'Good afternoon sir, it's so nice to see you here for the first time since you've bought this mall'.
Everyone was shocked, 'bought the mall? Who bought the mall?'.
'Oh, Mr Aaron did. He is the new owner of this mall and pardon me for ruining your surprise me Aaron but this mall is under Mrs Rhea's name'.
'Huh? What did you say?'.
Anna was burning with jealousy, that position would've been hers if she'd just decided to go for Aaron back then and now she has to suffer by watching the person she detests the most take her place.
Ophelia was very angry but she kept quiet in order to maintain her image.
Rhea on the other hand was the most shocked, she whispered into Aaron's ear
'Is this all part of the act?'.
Aaron chuckled, his little wife's reaction is so cute.
'No honey, this mall is now yours. I bought it under your name ten minutes ago. You can do whatever you want with it'.
Rhea wanted to facepalm herself, her husband was conveniently telling her to do whatever she wants with a fr*****g mall.
The crowd got jealous, 'now that's a good slap in the face to those bullies. Can you imagine her own parents are treating her badly, luckily, she has a good husband. I wish I had a husband like that'.
Aaron managed to turn the tables within thirty minutes and Rhea was so speechless.
'Since they want that tux so much, why don't you shove it in their faces, honey?'.
Rhea almost cringed with the way Aaron called her 'honey' but then she remembered that she started it.
'You're right honey but if I let this go today, they will repeat it another day and I've specially picked this for you so there's no way I'm letting go'.
'Alright, you heard her, let it go or we'll have you all kicked out for causing nuisance on our property '.
Anna felt bitter but she had to let it go.
'Good, this is enough to tell you that I'm done with giving things up for you. Who will be attending to me?'.
Someone rushed to answer her but the manager spoke, 'oh no madam, you can't pay for anything after all, everything is yours'.
'Is that even possible? Well, okay. But do you have another one, that girl over there has put her disgusting hands on it and it's a gift for my husband so could you please change it '.
'Sure madam '.
Everyone wanted to clap for what Rhea did.
'Did you see that? Now, that's a protective wife right there'.
The crowd slowly dispersed as the drama came to an end while Rhea and Aaron left the mall.
The encounter with Aaron and Rhea made both the Hilton and the Morgans feel very embarrassed. They parted ways quickly to take care of the mess they've created.
Aaron and Rhea got into the car and continued their journey. The ride was less than thirty minutes and they finally got home.
Rhea was amazed by what she saw but then a hand slowly crawled around her waist, it was Aaron and he was being sneaky again.
'What do you think you're doing?'.
'Oh nothing, just keeping my wife steady '.
*He is back to normal now but why was he angry before and who was it that called him*
'Get your hands off me, you rogue '.
Aaron chuckled, why was he just noticing his wife's cute side.
'You are really cute when you're angry '.
Rhea blushed hard but she couldn't help but remember what he had said to Eliana and Louisa, her expression immediately changed and Aaron noticed this. Rhea shook Aaron's hand away and distanced herself from him.
*I guess she isn't comfortable with it. I should stop*.
The atmosphere became awkward and luckily someone finally came out to welcome them, it was a young man and he seems to be around Aaron's age.
'Boss, madam, please come in'.
Aaron introduced him absentmindedly, 'this is Thomas, he called me earlier to inform me about Felix '.
'Oh, okay '.
*So that's what happened. I think I've misunderstood Aaron*.
Rhea didn't have the time to speak because Aaron walked away immediately.
'Where is he going?'.
Thomas rubbed his hands nervously, *it seems the rumors were true. madam doesn't know about Master Aaron's.....*
'What are you thinking about ?Tell me where he's going please '.
'You don't have to worry about anything madam, please come in. The boss will be back soon '.
Rhea nodded and followed him but she still couldn't help but feel disturbed about Aaron's behavior.
'Something is going on '.
***IN A DARK ROOM
'When are they coming?'. An old man sat on a rocking chair with his eyes closed while a middle aged woman behind him answered his question.
'Sir, they'll be here next week'.
'Good. Prepare a room for them, my grandson and his wife must be comfortable at all cost and when everything is done, you will go to them and personally bring them back, got it?'.
'Sure sir'.
***ISABELLE AND ALEX
Levi got a call and stepped outside to receive it but when he came back, his expression wasn't a good one.
'Madam? I have bad news'.
Charlotte sighed, she already knows what it's about.
'It's okay Levi, it's nanny B right?'.
'Yes madam'.
'Listen Rhea dear, I have to finish telling you this because I may not be able to tell you again '.
'okay mother in-law but who's nanny B?'.
'Nanny Bella, she's the old man's closest assistant and she's also the reason why my life was ruined. I'll tell you everything Rhea, everything '.