Falling in Love : I love you, Today and Forever

Noah finished his meetings as soon as possible. He had to go meet Oliver. He wanted to ask him some questions. He had to know those answers. Now that Oliver was out of danger, Noah did not want to delay the time anymore. He had to find out the people who killed his mentor and take revenge against them. His meetings had ended early and Aria had to go to the hospital. There was some time before they met each other. So, he thought of going to meet Oliver in the meantime.

Ian had gone to the hospital too and Joshua was busy. So, it was only him and Ronnie who had come to Ian's company. Oliver was awake when they went to meet him.

"Hello, Mr. West. How do you feel today?"

"I am doing good. How about you Mr. Carter?"

"I am doing great. I have come here to ask you some questions."

"Sure. I'll tell you everything I know."

Noah sat on the chair beside Oliver's bed while Ronnie sat on the sofa that was in the right corner of the room. The nurse had taken his leave immediately when Noah had entered giving them privacy.

"How did you know my mentor?"

"I met him when I had gone to work in another city. He saved my life that day."

"What had happened?"

"I was trying to find clues about a politician who was involved in shady dealings. His underlings found out about me and they started following me. Theo was the one who saved me from them."

"Oh. Let's come to the actual matter. This is related to my mentor's death. Did you see him die?" Noah spoke the words with great difficulty.

Oliver was silent for some time before he started speaking again, "Yes, I saw him die with my own eyes. He wanted me to come with him that day. I went with him along with a colleague I trust the most. He was following a man while we followed them."

"Why did he want you to come with him?"

"Theo had been wrongly accused of getting involved with the crime he had not even committed. Since he was the second-biggest shareholder in Royal Hospital, he was as guilty of the crime as the man who held the most number of shares. He wanted to find proof to prove his innocence. So, I went with him. He wanted me to record everything."

"Coming to the question, who held the most number of shares then?"

"It was the man who Theo was following. I don't know what his name is." Oliver answered honestly.

Noah remembered the man's face he had seen in the video recording. He was the same person against whom Ivy had performed a sting operation. The father and daughter pair were extraordinary. He had to commend them. They thought alike and it was they who were indirectly helping him to find the man responsible for his mentor's death.

"I have a recording of your mentor's death in my house."

"I have seen it already," Noah said taking Oliver by surprise.

"How?"

"I'll tell you about it a little later. Did you see the man who killed my mentor, I mean who shot him?"

"No. It was dark and he was hiding his face behind a mask. Also, their people found out about us. So, we ran away from there to save ourselves from them."

"Who is the other person you are talking about?"

"He was my colleague Mr. Evans. He died." Oliver said, his eyes filled with grief on losing such a good friend and good person. He wondered how his family was doing now that he was gone.

"I am sorry Mr. West. My mentor died two days before you two were captured. How did you get caught?"

"That, I am not sure either. My colleague had found the man in the video recording somewhere and he wanted me to come with him. I am still unsure as to why he wanted to come."

"We found that before those rogues caught up with you, you met the man my mentor was following before he died. What did you guys speak about?"

"I have no idea how, but he had found out that it was I who had been following him along with Theo. He had a hunch, I believe, that we were working together. He wanted to capture me and I ran to save myself. I think you know what happened after that."

Noah nodded. Everything made sense now. He still had a lot more questions to ask. But he did not want to overwhelm Oliver more than he could tolerate for the day. So, he stopped himself.

"By the way, how did you find out about the pen drives? I had kept it safely in my house. How?"

"That." Noah scratched his head awkwardly. It was now time for him to reveal his relationship with Aria. However, he was scared, scared that Oliver might not accept him. It was not the first time he was getting scared. Whenever he thought about Aria, he would get scared for a lot of reasons. He got to know the true meaning of fear only after he had met Aria.

"I am your daughter's boyfriend." He muttered, mainly to himself. So, Oliver could not hear him clearly.

"I am sorry. I didn't hear a word you said. Can you please repeat?"

Noah took a deep breath. It was now or never. His confidence rose up a level and his eyes shone in determination. However, to Oliver, it looked as though Noah was going to meet his enemy on the battlefield with the way his eyes were burning.

"I am your daughter's boyfriend." He said loud and clear and this not only Oliver even Ronnie, who was sitting quite far away from them, heard it clearly. Oliver's jaw dropped.

"Wait a minute. Did I hear you clearly? Did you just say that you are my daughter's boyfriend? Or am I hearing things now?"

"I am saying the truth, Mr. West. I am your daughter's boyfriend. We are in a relationship."

"Who is it?"

"Aria."

It took Oliver some time to digest the news. He was unsure of what to do. On one hand, he was happy that his daughter had found a very good man. He had no doubt about it. On the other hand, he couldn't stop himself from worrying. He knew what kind of a background Noah had and he fell in a huge dilemma.