Chapter 6 Welcome To London

Aria's team mates were already in their seats except for Evans and her . She thanked God as her seat was not next to Evans.

She sat on her seat and smiled at the person beside me. Although he was not her co - worker.

She still exchanged pleasantries. What Aria did not know was that the man beside her is none other than Nelson, who was disguised quite cleverly.

Nelson smiled at Aria, 'she doesn't even know that am the one sitting beside her. I don't want her thinking that I am a stalker so I had to disguised my self.' He thought.

The flight attendant explained the safety precautions when everyone was seated and after five minutes the flight took off.

Aria brought out a book to keep herself occupied during the long journey, while Nelson started to work on his laptop, his mind occupied with Aria's thoughts.

Evans took a look at Aria and walked towards her seat." Excuse me Mister". Evans said.

Nelson looked at him startled. He recognized the person in front of him.

" Yes?" He replied with an indifferent tune.

" I wanted to exchange seats with you. The lady here is my friend." Evans pointed at Aria.

Nelson looked at Aria. She was pleading with him through her eyes not to exchange his seat. He turned to Evans.

" Sorry Mister. I cannot exchange seats."

" But why? My seat is similar to yours. I am asking you because I want to sit with my friend." He asked.

" I am not your friend". Aria retorted.

" Look Mister. I don't care if this lady is your friend or not. I am not exchanging my seat." Nelson said, he was already getting impatient.

" Look Mister....." Evans started only to be interrupted by Aria.

" It's okay Evans. I am fine here." Aria said.

Evans had no other option, other than to go back to his seat.

" Thank you", Aria said looking at him.

" Why are you thanking me?" Nelson asked though he knew the answer, he just want to hear it from her.

"For not exchanging your seat with that guy." She answered his question.

" By the way I am Aria west." She said.

" I am.. uhmm...Jason... Jason Sammy." He said more like he was thinking of what to say.

" You don't like the person who was here, right?" He asked.

" Yes. He is very annoying and I know what he wants from me".

" What?" He asked.

She just smiled at him and continued reading.

" You don't have to worry. I'll take care of him." He said clenching his fist in anger.

" I am going to sleep now. I am quite tried." Aria said.

"Sure". He replied.

She was very tried. She Immediately dozed off to sleep the very next moment.

Nelson stared at Aria for a few minutes. When he was assured that she was fast asleep, he took out his phone.

He opened the front camera and took a few pictures of Aria.

He looked at the pictures of the sleeping Aria. She looked so cute that he just wanted to cuddle her and kiss the hell out of her.

After nine hours , the plane finally landed. He quickly went into the wash room to remove the wig and glasses and step out of the plane before Aria wakes up.

Aria walked towards the exit at the front only to bump into Nelson.

" Careful." He grabbed her at once preventing her from falling.

" Are you hurt?" He asked worried.

" No. I am fine. Thank you." Aria said rubbing her forehead.

He looked at her for a few seconds and I smiled.

" Welcome to London, Aria."

Danny was in a meeting when the twins walked into his office, they are actually Nelson's siblings.

He has a crush on Julia. Julie is the boy while Julia is the girl.

" Hello Mr Blake." They greeted.

" Hello. Mr Charles and Miss Charles. What a pleasant surprise." He said beaming with joy, it's being long he last saw her.

" Yeah. Julia wants to open her law firm and I want you to be her architect." Julie said.

" Ohh ok. There are a few sketches I had newly made will you want to take a look at them." He replied still maintaining his smile.

" Sure." Julia said with her Angelic voice.

He brought out his sketch book and showed them the new Sketches he had.

"Well. Mr Blake. Your sketches and ideas are very good. But I am not sure why I think that there is something very important missing." Julia said after taking a look at the sketch book.

" I don't think so . Not to worry I will get another sketch done by weekend." He said feeling sad, he wanted to impress her with his drawing, what could he have missed.

" Ok. Mr Blake. Nice meeting you." Julie said

" See you by weekend. Mr. Blake. Julia said

" Nice meeting you. I look forward to this contract." He said in a professional tune.

" Welcome to London Aria". Nelson said.

She smiled at him." Same Nelson."

" So what are you doing here". She asked.

" I came here for a business trip and to check how my company is running in my absence." He replied.

" Ok. I will run along now. See you around." She said.

" I will.... Uhmm.... Ok. See you around." He replied.

She pushed her luggage trolley outside the airport. Evans was walking right beside her.

" Welcome to London everyone. My name is Samuel, you can call me Sam. I will be your assistant and guide during your stay in London." A young man said walking to them

" Shall we proceed,?" Sam asked.

" Sure. Mr. Samuel. Lead the way." Aria said.

Hmmm, Nelson signed. " What has this girl done to me. I flew all the way from my country down to London just because of you, Aria".

He smiled, remembering what he intended to say when she was about going. He had wanted to say 'I'm coming with you.'

'Hmmm Aria I will make you mine, mine alone.' He thought staring at her picture.

'Gosh, she is damn beautiful, she looks like a little kid sleeping peacefully.'

They were led towards a minibus in the parking lot. When they were all settled in, Samuel too got in.

" Hey, guys. This is Matthew. He will be your driver during your stay here." Sam introduce the driver.

The Driver waved at them and they smiled at him in response.

" Matt will also be your guard. So not to worry you will be safe." Sam said.

After all the introduction, the minibus started to move towards their hotel. After an hour of driving, the minibus stopped in front of a magnificent hotel. It's so beautiful and classy that it blew away their minds.

Sam cleared his throat gaining their attention. "The interior is much better." He said with a smile.

All their luggages had already been taken out of the bus. They then proceeded to entering the hotel.

As Sam had said, the interior was wow, just wow. That was what they could use in describing the place.

Aria looked at the hotel's extravagance.Truly it was beautiful.

" You can take a look later", Sam said handing them the keys to their rooms.

'Hmm... why do I find Sam cute and charming. I don't know but I think I am somehow attracted to him.' she thought.

' No.... No. That can't happen. I will have to suppress this unknown feeling. I haven't found my sister.' Aria thought sighing slightly.

Nelson was sitting on the sofa, working on his tab. After he made sure that Aria had safely reached the hotel, he had driven to his Mansion in Kenton Palace Garden.

Though he was reluctant to stay at the mansion, he did not want to stay in the same hotel as Aria to avoid being called a stalker, he had no choice but to go to his Mansion.

" Boss , he has come." One of his guards spoke up.

" Bring him in". He replied.

A tall, slim man entered the hall and gave Nelson a bow.

" What do you have for me, Matthew?" He asked.

" Boss, Madam and her friends have checked into the hotel. She had also had her dinner and now she is resting in her room. This is her schedule for tomorrow." Matthew handed a piece of paper to him.

Matthew is Nelson guard. He had been working for him for five years and had good connection in London. When he heard that Aria was going to London, he had made Matthew a member of the committee.

This way he could keep Aria safe in the foreign land. If it was in his hands, he would have been the one to take care of Aria.

But he knew, he had to take it slow. He is still not sure of my feelings for Aria.

" So, Aria and her friends is taking a look at the city tomorrow." He asked.

" Yes boss," Matthew replied at once.

" Matthew, you can leave now. Remember take care of Aria. If anything happens to her I hope you know what will happen?" He asked more like a threat.

" Yes Boss." He answered.

" Good. Everyone be ready on time," He ordered and walked to his room. He stared at Aria picture for a long time before signing , " wait for me Aria."

Aria got to her room and decided to give Gina a call.

" Hey Ari, have you landed?" She asked as soon as the call got connected.

" Yes Gina. But why haven't you slept yet." She asked.

" Ari how could I sleep? I was waiting for your call. Anyway, how is London? Did you find any good looking man? I heard that men over there are sexy." She kept asking questions after question.

Aria rolled her eyes at Gina's words. " Goodnight Gina. Take care. Don't stay awake for long." She said ingoring her questions.

"Good night Ari. I hope you find a cute, cool, looking guy." She replied.

" Gina". She shouted. Gina laughed and ended the call.

She tried calling Dante but he kept on disconnecting the call. 'Maybe he is busy. He will give me a call when he sees my missed calls.' she thought silently.

Aria and her colleague had gone to visit some of the famous landmarks in London. Nelson just kept looking at her.

He was so captivated by her beauty that he didn't realize when they started going inside the building.

He noticed Evans grabbing Aria's hand.

He turned to my guard he left immediately understanding what he wanted to say without him saying it.

After a few minutes the guard returned with a cup of hot coffee. He then bumped right into Evans, pouring the hot coffee all over his light shirt.

The guard was really careful as to not spill any of the coffee on Aria.

" What the fuck is this!!!" Evans exclaimed.

" Yes... Yes. Nelson smiled satisfied with his guard." "He has to know what happens when ever he touched my woman."

" How dare him touch my woman. I will surely make you pay. Just wait and watch, this is just the beginning." He said smiling.

" Let me help you to the washroom." Sam said to Evans.

" I will come with you too." The other male among the group said.

" Why don't you girls enter the palace and have a look around then? We will join you guys later."Sam said.

"Ok then". They replied.

Nelson was observing all that had happened and he was quite impressed with the guard.

He had made things easier by separating the ladies from the men.

Now all that was remaining was for him to somehow get Aria to be alone.

He smiled at the thought of being with Aria alone without getting disturbed. He hope his plans work.

The ladies walked inside the palace and follow the crowd towards the state room.

After having a thorough look at the state rooms, they approached the Throne room.

Aria's phone rang as she was about stepping inside.

She walked towards the side and picked up the call.

" Hello, Sam." She answered.

" Aria, where are you?" He asked.

" We are in the throne room." She replied.

" Ok, wait for us outside the palace." Sam said.

" Okay Sam." She replied before ending the call.

Aria looked beside her but the two other girls where no where to be seen.

The crowd was huge so she couldn't find them in the midst of so many people.

"Now I would have to walk around the palace alone." She sighed.

" Who told you that you are alone?" A voice spoke from behind her.

She turned to look at the person behind her and her eyes widened in surprised.

" Mr. Charles what are you doing here?" She asked surprised.

" I am here to take a look around the palace." He lied.

" Are you alone?" He asked even though he knew the answer.

" No actually. My colleague are with me. We got separated in the crowd." She replied.

" Do you mind joining me?" He asked.

" That will be great.". She replied.

He smiled. His plans were finally taking place. Now he had Aria all to himself. They walked towards the throne room.

" Wow. Everything is so beautiful here ". She exclaimed.

" Do you want to see something more beautiful?" He asked.

Aria nodded. He held her hand and she looked at their intertwined hands.

" I don't want you to get lost in the crowd." He quickly explained when she was about to remove her hand from his.

He didn'twant her to remove her hand, her hand felt perfect in his hand, like they were made for him to hold. He pulled her towards the garden.

" Oh my. Wow . Have you been here before?" Aria asked still looking at the garden.

" Yes but alone". He answered taking pictures of her as she was focused on the garden.

They left the garden after some time and went to wait for Aria colleague but he had other plans.

"So, are we going to wait here the entire day." He asked.

" No. No. You may leave if you want. I'm fine". Aria said.

"And leave you alone. No way. He replied.

"How about we go have lunch while we wait for them. What do you say?" He asked , hoping for her to agree to his words.

" Okay". She accepted.

He smiled. His plans are going smoothly. He hope for it to continue until the end of the day.

Nelson led herto his car. He opened the door and gestured for her to get in.

"We could have lunch here. There are a lot of restaurants here." Aria said looking around.

"And the parking lot, oh now I remember Matthew had parked the minibus at the parking lot.Wait a minute. I could wait for my colleague at the parking lot near the minibus." She said.

"Ohh ok. I will come with you to check." He said.

" Thanks a lot, Mr. Charles for your help. Now I will get going." Aria said.

She got to the spot where she remembered that Matthew had parked the minibus. But the bus wasn't there.

" Where did Matthew go". She said looking around. She immediately called Samuel.

" Aria, where are you?" Sam asked.

" Sam, I'm still at the palace entrance. where are you guys?" She asked.

" Aria, we are sorry. We thought you have already left without us. We tried searching for you. We asked the palace guards and they told us that you had already left. Your phone was not reachable. Sorry, Aria." Sam replied.

" It's okay, Sam. You guys carry on. I'll join you guys at the hotel in the evening." She said.

" Are you sure, Aria? What about you?" Sam asked.

Before she bcould respond, she heard Evan's voice on the phone.

" Is that Aria? Where is she? Is she safe? Give me the phone. I want to speak to her ." Evans kept asking.

" Sam, Sam, I'm fine. You guys carry on with the trip. Now bye ". She ended the call after saying that.

She did not want to speak to Evans at all.

"Are we still going to have the lunch? She asked Nelson who was standing beside her.

" Of course. Yes." Nelson replied with a smile. She stared at him mesmerized. His smile was truly breathtaking.

Nelson smiled brightly looking at Aria as she stared at him in thought. He had been scared few minutes back. He thought his plans will just end like that.

He held her hand and pulled her with him to his car. He opened the car door and this time Aria entered.

" Don't you think this car is a little too eye - catching." She asked.

" Nope. This is the cheapest car in my London garage. I am trying to be on low key." He replied smiling.

" If this is called being on low key, then what would being on high profile be?" She asked. He just smiled at her.

" So, where are we going to?" She asked looking at his hand holding hers.

" You will get to know in a while." He replied still holding her hand.

" So, what are your plans for today?" He asked after driving in silence for some minutes.

" I want to visit some places. So, maybe I will do that after lunch Mr. Charles." She replied.

" Same here. I have some places in mind which I want to visit." He replied though he wanted to say that he wanted to visit the places with her.

Suddenly he realized that Aria had address me as Mr. Charles.

" Please, Dr West. Call me Nelson. I think we are close enough to drop the formalities and call each other by our names." He said.

" Then you must call me Aria." She said.

"Sure, Aria." He said seductively.

Hearing her name from his mouth, made Aria feel something in her stomach.

" Aria, why don't you join me? I am alone and your friends have left you. Both of us can go visit those places."

Aria thought about it. It wasn't a bad idea.

" I'll drop you back to your hotel by 11 pm I promise." Nelson said.

" Okay Nelson. Let's go then." She replied.

He smiled at her . He love seeing that lustful look on her face when ever he smile.

'I think I need to be smiling more frequently.' He thought.