Chapter 107 His Inner Voice
Just as Arthur was about to send another message, Aria had already sent one first.
[I'm going to rest now. Let's talk about anything tomorrow.]
Aria simply ended the conversation, clearly showing she didn't want to continue chatting with Arthur.
Arthur felt frustrated, but there was nothing more he could say. He could only reply with an okay.
Arthur originally thought he'd have a chance to explain things to Aria, but she seemed to have his schedule figured out. Every time they perfectly missed each other - either he'd get called away by Sophie's phone calls, and they kept missing each other.
Right up until the night before the wedding, he hadn't been able to catch her at home.
The day before the wedding, the venue for Arthur and Sophie's wedding was completed by Aria's studio.
Since last time when she handed things over to Lucy, this was Aria's first time back at the wedding venue. Looking at all aspects of the venue, Aria was very satisfied, especially the aisle in the center of the hotel - woven with blue hydrangeas and red roses, separating the bride and groom from the guests, with crystal chandeliers sparkling brilliantly above.
Standing on the stage looking at this scene, Aria felt somewhat melancholic. When she first learned this would be used as a wedding venue, she had treated it as her own wedding venue and arranged it carefully, even fantasizing that she was the bride.
Although she and Arthur had been married for three years and Arthur had proposed to her, they never had a proper wedding. This had always been a regret in her heart.
When she was arranging this wedding venue, she had thought that if she were the one getting married here, it would be perfect!
With this mindset, she put her heart into everything, until later when she learned this was Arthur and Sophie's wedding venue. Only then did she feel fate was playing tricks on her - the groom was indeed her groom, but the bride wasn't her...
Ha.
It was truly ridiculous.
Lost in her thoughts, Aria didn't notice someone approaching her.
"Aria..."
Until a voice rang out.
Aria froze, suddenly snapping back to reality. She looked toward the source of the voice - it was Arthur.
Arthur was dressed sharply in a suit, his gaze softened like spring water, quietly watching her.
Meeting his gaze, Aria's heart trembled for a moment. Once upon a time, he had looked at her with such tender eyes, but after everything they'd been through, she hadn't seen that spring water in his eyes again.
Because that pool of spring water had long been given to someone else.
"Why aren't you with your bride-to-be? If I remember correctly, tomorrow is your wedding with Sophie, right? Why are you here instead of being by her side at this time?"
Aria collected her thoughts, sharp words coming from her mouth.
Arthur didn't respond. He just strode forward and pulled her into his arms.
Aria hadn't expected Arthur to do this and tried to struggle. Arthur held her firmly, his magnetic voice sounding by her ear, "Aria, this isn't what I wanted. Sophie saved my life. Now she doesn't have long to live, I can't just abandon her.
This is what she wants. This wedding is just me repaying her kindness, it doesn't represent my feelings for her. Standing here today, I realized the person I truly want to marry is you, and only you."
Only just now, seeing Aria on the stage, holding Aria in his arms, did he realize that the person he truly wanted was only Aria.
He had to admit that the current Aria was different from the Aria of the past three years. She kept attracting him unintentionally, making him unable to help going crazy for her.
During this time, her indifference toward him also made him realize what stupid things he'd done these past three years...
Hearing this, Aria couldn't help but widen her eyes. She pushed Arthur away forcefully, looking at him mockingly, "Arthur, do you know what you're saying?"
Arthur met Aria's cold eyes, his pupils suddenly contracting. He wanted to step forward and take her hand to explain, "I know, I..."
"Since you know, then do you know where you are right now?"
Aria impatiently interrupted him, "This place is the wedding venue for you, Arthur, and Sophie. It's the wedding venue that I, your legal wife, arranged for you. And now, in such a setting, you're telling me that the person you want to marry is me. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"
Aria really hadn't expected Arthur to say this to her. When he said this, did it go through his brain?
What was he trying to do now? Trying to win her back with this method? It was all too late!
She, Aria, was no longer the person whose heart and eyes were full of him. Her love for him had long been worn away by his neglect and coldness over these three years.
"Do you think saying such things can make up for everything? Do you think I'm still that naive girl? I'm not anymore, Arthur. I don't love you anymore."
Hearing Aria's words, Arthur's heart suddenly ached. Meeting her eyes that held no love, he panicked a bit, "Aria, I was a bastard in the past, I let you down..."
Aria laughed coldly, "Arthur, aren't you letting me down right now? Are you really planning to make me the main character of this wedding? Do you dare to do that?"
Arthur immediately fell silent. His silence said everything.
"You can't, right? Then don't say such things, because you simply can't do it. Since you can't do it, what's the point of saying these things? Arthur, please don't make me look down on you, okay?"
Arthur's silence was within Aria's expectations. Precisely because it was expected, she found it laughable. Since he couldn't do it, why bother saying these things? To make her feel sorry for him?
Ha, she wouldn't anymore.
"Aria, this is the last thing I'll do to wrong you."
Aria just smiled, the smile not reaching her eyes, "Arthur, don't make promises you can't keep."
She didn't want to waste more words with Arthur. She glanced at him coldly, "What do you think Sophie's reaction would be if she knew you were saying such things to me at her wedding venue?"
After dropping this line, Aria turned and left without hesitation.
Arthur watched her back, his fists hanging at his sides clenching slightly, but in the end, he didn't chase after her.
Even if he chased after her now, as Aria said, he had no way to change anything.
He couldn't change tomorrow's wedding, couldn't make her the main character of the wedding...
Arthur suddenly felt very ridiculous. He was the CEO of Grant Corporation, thriving in the business world, yet now he couldn't handle his own affairs, stuck between two women, unable to find a way out...