She had never seen him like this.

"Yes-yes, it has been so many years! When did you come back?" *cough-cough* Mr. Smith said as he tried to sit up. Seeing that he was facing some problems to do the same, Ella gave him a hand in helping him get up. 

"It has been some time now. I had  arrived back in the country already, but I came to the Capital just a few days before." She poured a glass of water for him.

As Ella handed the glass to him, she continued, "Although we are still only at engagement, I should have visited you earlier, uncle, I am sorry for the delay." 

"No-no… Thanks." Mr. Smith accepted the glass, "Liam had already visited me. This visit from your family was not needed. And I will be returning back to my home in a few days. It's not a big deal." 

"Oh, so Liam had already visited you…?" Ella asked with a disappointed smile. Whenever this step-brother of hers was brought up, it left a bitter taste in her mouth.

He took a sip and continued talking, "Yes. How was your time while you were staying in-"

"Mr. Smith are you okay!?" Suddenly the door burst open and a nurse rushed in. 

Both Ella and Mr. Smith looked at her with shock.

If Maya or Aiden were present here at this moment, they would have recognized her as the nurse who was incharge of Lucas's father as well.

Suddenly a calm voice came from behind her, "Tyler is not that weak Elise, he won't collapse so easily. No need to worry so much."

It was Dr. Susan. Even though she was mostly in charge of  the hospitals' VIP patients, she was also a senior doctor who held a lot of responsibilities.

She looked at Ella, both of them gave each other a polite smile as Dr. Susan then looked at Mr. Smith. "I see that it was a misunderstanding and not an emergency. We will take our leave then. I have to make rounds, see you later Tyler." Saying that, she left the ward with Nurse Elise.

The room was restored to silence till Mr. Smith asked Ella, "Just now you were talking about an 'engagement'?"

It was not that he did not like the idea of it. For a very long time the Moore and the Smith families were close friends. Of course the topic of an alliance marriage had been brought up a lot of times.

Even when it was decided, Aiden strongly declined it. After that some things happened, Ella then left for Britain and this topic never saw the light of the day. Today suddenly he heard that his son was already engaged!

"Um…" Ella looked at Mr.Smith and smiled shyly as she said, "Yes, actually I had come today to tell you about the same thing. Earlier I had visited Sister Riely, and we talked about certain things." 

"That's nice…" Tyler could vaguely remember that his son was talking about a girl he liked. So it was Ella after all. Couldn't he wait for some days? At least till they could have a family dinner? This brat was in such a rush! 

Looking at his changing expressions, Ella laughed and said, "Don't worry uncle! I was the first one to initiate the topic with Sister Riely, I wasn't pressured into it."

"What are your thoughts on marriage? Have you guys decided on anything regarding that?" Mr. Smith asked as he had some weird thoughts. Ella was speaking about having talked with Riely about this matter again and again. Why did it feel like Aiden was never in the conversation? It seemed as if he needed to have a talk with his family members after getting discharged from the hospital.

"Let's wait for Aiden, uncle. After all now, we have already been engaged, marriage can come when he agrees to it!"

*clack*

Suddenly a soft sound of the door opening was heard. Aiden along with a beautiful woman entered the room.

Maya did not know how to react to the words she had just heard as she tightened the grip on the fruit basket she was holding. Even Aiden was very confused. Why didn't he know that he was already engaged? "Father."

"You are here. Look who has come to visit me today." Mr. Smith said as he looked towards Ella.

Maya was certainly very shocked when she saw Ella standing in front of her. They had just met several days ago and now, she was standing here again, in front of her as her 'maybe' future boyfriend's fiancé! 

"It's you!" Ella was the first one to break the silence between them.

"Um, hello." Maya responded her courteously and looked towards Mr. Smith. Until now she hadn't known the complete information about Aiden's  background apart from knowing that he was from an influential family. Looking at Mr. Smith, she remembered seeing him in a recent business magazine, he had recently retired from the scene and this had created a lot of waves in the business industry.

Tyler looked at his son and asked, "And this is?" 

"Dad she-" 

"Hello Mr. Smith. I am Maya Parker, CEO of Supreme Starlight, a company based in Zed city. It's a pleasure to meet you."  Maya interrupted Aiden and introduced herself professionally.

She didn't want Aiden to introduce her as the girl he liked in front of the girl he was engaged to.

In fact Maya wasn't that angry with Aiden. She could tell from his expression that he was very shocked as well. Maybe he didn't know about this, but she did not appreciate this situation and ignored him. 

...

"When did you come back?" Aiden looked at Ella with little rudeness in his eyes, but it lasted only for a second. "Why didn't you call?"

Even though it was only for a second, Maya was stunned to see the hostility in Aiden. She had never seen him like this.

As if she had not seen it, or she had chosen to ignore it Ella responded cheerfully, "I had arrived a few days ago. I was thinking of calling you, but fortunately we met here!"

Aiden wanted to angrily ask her about the engagement, but he didn't because his father was sitting right here. 

All four of them talked for some time, Maya and Mr.Smith talked about business related stuff as well.

Eventually, Ella told Aiden about meeting with his sister-in-law as well. "She had called me some time ago, and you know we talked about us getting marri-" 

"I think I will leave now." Maya suddenly stood up, she was unwilling to hear the next words.

Maya and Mr. Smith exchanged a few

pleasantries, "You should come to meet me frequently. And since you are friends with Aiden, I don't think I'm asking for too much!" Tyler was impressed by her knowledge in the industry.

"Of course Mr. Smith." Maya smiled and said her goodbyes to Aiden and Ella also.

Aiden tried to stop her but it was in vain, he felt a bit frustrated. He couldn't leave with her as well and just watched her leave.

As Maya walked out in the corridor, a man rushed towards her; towards the door behind her to be more specific.

He looked in a bad mood, "What the hell is wrong with young people nowadays?! Disgusting!"  

Maya looked at the man… "Isn't he the current CEO of the SG Corporation?"