That scared me for a second!

Ella frowned, she had not expected that even after evading suspicions of Aiden and Liam, she would be caught by this Maya. Such a troublemaker! 

Before Ella could reply with anything, the door was knocked. The three of them along with the doctor in the room; who was forgotten, looked at the door.

"Who is this newcomer?" Aiden thought.

After all, his father couldn't come so fast, it would still be about fifteen more minutes till he would reach here.

Surprisingly, it was Aiden's sister- in- law, Riely. 

Maya looked at the woman, she looked like a very composed lady and had a beautiful glow on her face. Although she had worn very loose clothes, Maya could make out that she was pregnant. 

As she entered, everyone carefully made way for her making sure that she did not bump into anything. 

Riely looked at the three familiar people and sighed, "Aiden… It really is you." 

When Ella noticed that Riely had acknowledged her and not Maya, she was sure that Riely was unaware of Maya's existence in Aiden's life. 

She cheerfully looked at Riely and said, "Sister Riely! What are you doing here?"

As Ella said that, she wrapped her hand around Riley's arm, making the scene look as if they couldn't be more familiar with each other.

Ella did not forget to give a provoking look at Maya. 

Even though it looked as if Ella was brightly smiling, to Maya, her 'innocent' look was practically shouting- 'So what if you were with Aiden? I am the one his family recognizes!'

Riely was about to enter the seventh month of her pregnancy, she was very sensitive to touches at the moment.

Although she was a bit uncomfortable, she did not stop Ella for the sake of Aiden, so she just looked at her and did not say anything.

She still believed that Ella might be the one for Aiden. 

Maya was completely ignored by Riely, but she did not feel offended.

Instead, she raised her voice slightly and said, "Liam, can you please get the chair from behind you? We should let her sit somewhere comfortable."

Then Maya looked at Ella, "Ella, I think you should not be so close with this lady here. I am no one to judge, but I still think that since we are in a public space, and specially in the hospital, you should maintain some distance from her. After all one cannot imagine how many germs can end up on the mom. Infections are very harmful for both." 

By 'both', of course Maya meant the mom and her baby. 

It was now that Riely finally realized that there were other people in the room as well. As she sat on the chair, she smiled and looked at Maya, "Thank you."

Ella reluctantly left Riley's side and secretly glared at Maya.

Rather than accepting her mistake, she blamed Maya in her heart. She thought that she was saying these words to sabotage the relationship between Riely and her.

Suddenly her phone buzzed, Ella had received a message.

Aiden looked at Maya, he was grateful for her thoughtfulness. He then looked at Riely, "Why are you here sister?"

She took a deep breath, "Me?... Well I was just doing a bit of shopping for the little one when all of a sudden I felt dizzy. This was the nearest good hospital available, so the driver brought me here."

Everyone tensed up after hearing this, Riely simply just said, "It's fine now."

But Aiden still asked her again, "Are you sure? Maybe we should head to Moore family's hospital?" 

Hearing this the doctor present there spoke up, "Don't worry, it is a common symptom and fairly normal occurrence during pregnancy. If it were serious, I'm sure that the doctor would have pointed it out." 

"Yeah, actually the doctor who did my check up is a friend of your brother. Ethan had invited him home a few times during the early stages. He can be trusted." Riely chuckled and said when she saw the doctor in tight situation. 

"Oh…" Aiden nodded. If it was his brother's friend, he could surely be trusted. 

"Yes, so while leaving, I noticed a familiar car in the car park. I thought of checking up with the help desk and got to know that there really was an Aiden here. And here I am!"

Riely then worriedly looked at Aiden's hand, "What happened to you though?" 

Until now, Ella was reading the message she had just received from her informant.

The incident that had happened in the hotel had not been kept under wraps and was open, therefore her men could find out about it soon. 

Before anyone could say anything, Ella responded quickly, "Sister… Actually Aiden got hurt because of this woman standing here. She got in a fight with he'd lover and Aiden stood in between them." 

"Oh.. Is that so?" Riely looked at Maya. 

Ella continued, "I hope that you won't blame her, it was not her fault. I heard she had not ended her previous relationship properly and was seen with Aiden by that guy. He got angry and…" Even a fool could understand what Ella was trying to do right now. 

Unexpectedly, Riely did not have any ill feelings in her eyes, her simple look towards Maya, turned into that of concern as she asked Maya, "Are you alright dear?" 

The actions displayed by Maya just a few minutes before could tell Riely that Maya did not have an irresponsible character. There must have been some misunderstanding between them.

As for Ella's behavior, Riely just ruled it out thinking that she might be a little jealous of Maya spending some time with Aiden. Girls in love could be very childish sometimes.

Since Ella had not specified anything, Riely thought that maybe Aiden and this lady (Maya) had a professional relationship.

Maya smiled, "Yes I am fine... Thank you for asking."

All of a sudden they heard rushed footsteps from outside. 

"Mr. Smith! Please calm down! Don't run!! You can't do this…" A helpless voice was heard. 

"No. What if I miss my chance? Will you bring them back?!" His old voice filled with breathlessness could be heard. 

"The hospital is not running away… No one is running away in fact. Wait. What if we enter the wrong room? Let me check."

It seemed that the man had accepted the childishness of the older man. 

Everyone inside the room then heard a series knocks as a head popped in, it was of a man who looked in his late forties. 

"Uncle Frill…" Both Liam and Aiden looked at him and said at the same time. He was Mr. Smith's old friend and was his assistant before he retired. 

Frill looked inside and sighed with relief, then he opened the door wide and Mr. Smith entered. "See? She is still here, alive. So much fuss for nothing." 

Everyone looked at Aiden…

Yes he was alive. But wait! 'She?'

Everyone looked at Ella.

Was she in some danger? It did not seem so…

Then everyone looked at Riely.

Oooh! so he was here for her… 

But still no. 

Both Mr. Frill and Mr. Smith were looking at... her!?

Before anyone could react, Mr. Smith laughed loudly, "Oh Maya! I am glad you are not hurt! That had scared me for a second!! Hahaha!"