No One Pov's . Aaron closed his eyes and took a deep breath to control his emotion but nothing was working. He was about to stand up but stopped when Aana accidentally held his hand in sleep. A smile broke on her lips. "He promised me to stay by my side" She mumbled in her sleep. Aaron was startled hearing this from her mouth. He didn't expect her to say something related to him or think of him while sleeping. Rex howled in Aaron's mind because of happiness. Rex says that he will go against Aana for Alice but somewhere he also knows that he loves Aana equally to Alice. "She is talking about us" Rex whoop. "Yeah. above that she smiled, Rex, and the fact that we are the reason for her smile, motivates me to not let her go and keep trying to win her heart. He again rested his head on the desk and kept looking at her. She was sleeping so peacefully. He silently promises himself to always love her and maintain this smile. He was staring at her when suddenly a tear rolled from her eyes. "No please let them go. please. Do whatever you want to do to me but please let them go. please. no" Aana started shivering and crying in her sleep. "Aana" He panicked and shook her to wake up but she didn't. "Aana" He yelled loudly, making her squirm. Aana opened her eyes and looked at him, widening her eyes, then sat upright. She looks around agitatedly then at Aaron when he holds her hand. "Are you okay?" He asked in concern. She detached her hand from him in fear. She was still trying to accommodate her nightmare of the past which she just saw. Tears were continuously falling from her eyes. "Aana" She looked at him when he called her with so much love. "Relax… We are with our mate" Alice said softly to her human who was still shivering in fear and crying because of her past. Aaron didn't wait for her response and pulled her into a hug. She tried to detach herself from him but he didn't let her go, tightened his grip around her waist with one hand and gently caressed her hair with the other. After a minute, Aana stopped struggling and smuggled herself into his arms, crying and shivering. She rejected him, still being close to him, always calming her. After a while, she calmed down. He broke the hug and wiped her tears lovingly then made her drink water. "Please don't ask anything. please. please" Aana mentally begged. Aaron stood up from his chair understanding her discomfort. "Ahem" Aaron cleared his throat. She looked at him

"Complete your work and report to me in my cabin" He ordered and went towards his cabin. Aana took a deep breath when he didn't ask anything. She mindlink her beta, Ryan. "How are mom and dad?" she asked through the mind link. "They are fine and recovering with time. E very day they asked about you, Princess. W hen will you come to meet them?" He asked. "Never. I will only bring misery into their lives. "It was n ot your fa ult, Aana" . "It was. Everything was my fault" Aana muttered and closed her m indlink before Ryan would have said something. Alice was silent li ke always. She knew her humans didn't like to talk about the past. Aana looked at his laptop and again started doing work. She was trying to engross herself in work. After completing her work, s he went towards Aaron's cabin to give him a report and was about to knock on the door but stopped remembering a while ago incid ence. she was feeling nervous to face him while Aaron knew that she was standing outside and waiting for her to open the gate. After a minute, she fina lly gathered the courage and knocked on the door. "Come i n," Aar on said. "A ar on" . "Sir," he said, interrupting her. Aana nodded her head and passed him a file, along with a pen drive. He nodded his head and checked her work while Aana was looking at him shockingly at the way he was b ehaving as if nothing happened. She turned her head in another direction when Aaron looked up at her. "Relax" She abruptly looked at him. He smiled and again started doing work. She smiled and thanked the moon goddess that he didn' t ask anything. while Aaron was thinking that she just had a bad dream. After a while, he started telling her mistakes. The whole day, Aaron teaches her everything in detail regarding work. It was eight p. when the alarm rang. Aana looked at him confusingly. "Work time is over" He replied shortly. She nodded her head. "We will resume our work from here, tomorrow" . "Ok" Aana mumbled and stood up from her ch air. Her eyes went to the project file on which Aaron was working before her arrival. "Did I disturb you? I mean y ou were working on something and got interrupted. Sorry" . "Did you ask me to st op doing my work?" he raised his eyebrow. " No "

"Then why are you saying sorry? It was my decision. "But why did you stop your work? You could have ask ed anyone to guide me with my next work" She asked. He smiled and closed the file which was on his desk. "I didn't because first you're new to it and you need proper attention and guidance to start and I know my employees are not that patient. The second reason is: you only told me that their behaviour is not good with you then how can I let them mistreat you" He shrugged his shoulder. Sh e looked at him amusingly. She just shared with him about employees without thinking much but never thought that he would take it so seriously. "You don't need to worry about that. I'm used to it. " She mutt ered looking everywhere but him. "Us ed to?" . "I mean, I would have tackled it. Y ou don't need to stop your work for it" She said looking into his eyes. "My priorities are you, Aana and for you I can le ave everything including my so-called work," he sa id. She can feel how serious he is with his words. " Si r" . "Aaron. Office hours are over, "he said, interrupting her. She sighed a nd turned her face to the other side. "Continue what you we re saying" . "Please don't do so much for me. With great difficulty, I learned to stay alone and handl e myself. By doing all this you're making it hard for me, Aaron. you said you can do anyt hing for me then please for me stop doing anything. " She pleaded, looking into his eyes. "I don't do anything purposely Aana. Neither do I think before doing anything for you. May be because now you're the purpose of my life. "A ar on" . "You can reject me but can't stop me from loving you, Aana," he said, peeking int o her eyes. she sighed and left the cabin knowing that there is no use talking to him. She started going towards her home while her mind revolved around his words. "You can try your best, Aana but you can't s top yourself from falling in love with a man like Aaron," Alice said, leaking her foot. "I can't love hi m, Alice" . "Let's make a bet" . "B et ?" . "Yes. I bet you will fall in love with our Rejected Billionaire" . "And if I didn' t then?" . "Then I will get apart from him and never force you to meet him again" . "Fin e. Done"