Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

Dalton parked the car at a distance away from the beach, as he watched Aria walk towards the water and graze her feet into the sand. He walked away from the parking spot and stood miles away from where she was walking towards, as she let her fingers brush into the water as soon as the waves went the other way.

After some minutes, she saw that Dalton just remained standing without coming closer, even when she had asked him to come with her to the beach shore where other people were. Her pride would not let her meet him and ask to join her the second time, and luckily, her eyes caught something more exciting instead at the other side.

Aria went back to where Dalton was standing and requested a card from him, as she ran back without answering his question of where she was going. In a few minutes, she rented a surfing board, surfing clothes and also paid for a few hours to learn from a surfer.

After she had failed to ride the surfing board so many times because of how imbalanced her body kept being, the fit man that was training her decided to get a tandem surfing board instead for both of them.

Dalton just watched the entire process of another man trying to take his wife surfing, while he just stood there standing without being able to do anything. He wished he could make the man pay for he was doing, but being the focus of the public would not be the best thing.

As Taylor began to surf on the waters alongside the amateur he was training, Aria could feel her inner spirit rise with the waves, riding so freely upon their crest. She could feel her body in synchrony with her mind, in the way that she could not think of the worries that had saddled her heart.

There was some kind of elation in her heart as they surfed through the waters, feeling waves of serenity as steady as the beach they were cruising through. The experience was a good one for her, that she forgot everything she was feeling at the moment.

“I think you will make a good surfer,” Taylor told her when they swam back to the beach shore, and she smiled so brightly at him, when he removed the well strands of hair that got in the way of her eyes.

It was after she walked to where Dalton was standing in a very angry state, that she realized that she had left him in that spot for at least an hour. However, she already knew what she would use to support her stance, if he wanted to pick an issue out of it.

“So, you had fun allowing another man to touch you while your husband was standing here, right?” He frowned and gave her a really scary look, which caused her to retreat by a few steps.

“I was just learning a new skill, so that you would not make my day extremely dull. And why were you even standing here alone when I suggested we take a walk? Did I come to the beach with you to come and sight alone?” She rolled her eyes and turned the table on him this time, but he just had the usual stoic expression on his face for her.

“You insisted on coming here. Horse riding or golfing would have been better than this. That way, you can learn a new skill professionally, and not with a fake trainer who walks around shirtless,” he stated angrily.

The swim jumpsuit she was wearing clung so tightly to her body, that she still retained her sexiness even how slim she was getting. He was even more angry at that fact.

“How many people do you see standing on the same spot like you have been doing? Are you that scared of moving close to the water?” She jibed, and used the towel she had in her hand to dry her face and hair properly.

“Yes. I do not want to go close to the water,” he answered her, and she turned her head in surprise when she heard what he said. It was quite astounding to hear Dalton admit to one of his weaknesses before her.

“You are really scared of water? I cannot just believe that,” she chuckled and instinctively tugged his cheek like she was scolding a child that was lying, “Why do we have a pool in the house then? And I think you are also good at swimming too, if I am not mistaken,” she asked him off.

His hand grabbed her hands from touching his cheeks any further, as he looked at her with a serious look in his eyes, “I can swim, but I am really scared of large bodies of water,” he pressed truthfully.

“Are you for real? You are aquaphobic?” Aria asked him again in a very surprised manner, wondering how someone who hated being around a large body of water could swim, and also followed her to the beach because she insisted.

“Let us go now that you have had your fun,” Dalton told her, and turned to go back to where the car was packed.

“You, suck. I mean you could not even buy ice cream or cotton candy to make this a memorable day. Do you even know how to have fun? I bet you do not even take pictures!” Aria scowled at him, and stormed ahead of him to buy two cones of ice cream from the food truck in front of them. He was just amused at how she was acting.

As Dalton drove the car with Aria who had already changed her clothes, he wondered how she enjoyed the cold, sweetened cream she was eating. She didn’t even mind him and continued to do her own business, which made him wonder why she had been so calm and innocent, rather than her usual aggressive way to him all the time.

‘Did the fire incident switch her personality or something?’

They attended a piano recital according to Dalton’s choice as the second task for the day, and Aria could not help but yawn tiredly at whatever they were doing on stage.

She could not understand why someone would just want to press the keys of keyboards intensely, and read meaning to confusing notes of scripted music while others played other instruments. Studying the faces of all the elites that were at the recital, they looked so fascinated by whatever was going on.

The show ended when it was almost evening, and Aria’s choice for the final task was watching a movie. She would have chosen the new Hollywood RomCom that was the most popular, but she decided to choose a horror thriller movie since Dalton was not thrilled by any of the ones she showed to him.

Aria laughed so hard at Dalton who said he could not finish watching the movie because of how grotesque it was, and they ended up leaving earlier than the movie finished because it was running late.

However, they had much fun than Dalton had expected it to be, and he felt more refreshed than he had in a long time. Going to places where they could have fun and see other people, even if he didn’t really engage in the activities was good.

‘It was really exhilarating to be away from his nerve-wracking family, but not be buried with the affairs of his company.’

The drive back home was nice and cool for Aria who was still eating the huge bowl of popcorn in her hand, even if her tummy was aching from just the few things she had eaten. Her fear intensified by the passing of every minute, as they moved closer to the mansion.

She was really scared that she was probably malnourished because of her poor eating pattern, and was eating everything she could get her hands on like it would make her fat in an instant. She was more scared that she would be going back to the same house, that had the suspect living with them.

Alex had returned everything back to normal at the mansion except the credit cards and WiFi connection, so it was still almost like torture for main family member that were at home.

It had been difficult for him to also call Dalton throughout the day after speaking with him in the morning, and so was it for his family too who were bothered to know the progress of things. He was never going to give them attention anyways.

The car that drove in a few minutes later after dinner time, gave the hint that Dalton was back home after over thirty hours that he had left in search of Aria.

The maids who were super excited that Aria came with him rejoiced amongst themselves, while the family members who were still at the dining did not know until they both entered inside.

They were inwardly relieved that Dalton would return everything back to normal, when they saw Aria follow behind him the moment they both reached the living room. They could keep their scornful faces to themselves till they were out of Dalton’s sight, who would have thrown them out if she was not found.

“I heard you are making Aria the CEO of the department store,” Eva suddenly said to the hearing of everyone who were still embracing the feeling of relief, as they all returned back to their state of anxiety mixed with surprise.

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