Bewitched His Soul

"Aria! Come here quickly!" Travis yelled.

Aria had no idea what had him feeling so displeased. Initially, when Travis came to visit her home he made some lame excuses as to why he was visiting, but as time passed by, he just treated her place as his second home.

"Tell me, what happened?" Aria came out of her study room.

"Who the hell is this Justin?" Travis demanded. He looked very angry, her cellphone was in his hand.

"What... are you talking about?" Aria stammered.

"You know what I am asking, stop pretending and tell me what is your relationship with Justin," Travis was getting impatient.

"He was my boyfriend," Aria decided to tell him the truth. She knows he will not let her go until he gets the answers.

She thought he would scream, scold her or at least say something, but he did the opposite. He was quiet but his entire demeanor changed within seconds.

His jaw clenched, brows furrowed, nostrils flared and he tightened his knuckles around her phone making a big crack appear on the screen.

"My phone…," Aria's words trailed off when she noticed his eyes were blood red.

"You will break up with him," Travis commanded with a stern tone.

"You probably did not hear me correctly, he was my boyfriend, so that makes him my ex," Aria clarified.

Travis was silent for a moment then asked, "How long did you date him? Why did you break up?" 

"Just a few weeks. I left him when I learned he was using me because I am Aiden Cooper's daughter," Aria replied.

"Dammit! Aria how could you let that bastard hurt you?" Travis lost his temper and threw the phone on the floor making it break into tiny pieces.

"I am fine, it's just been a few weeks and I was yet to deeply get attached," Before Aria could complete the sentence Travis walked up to her.

"Did he lay a finger on you?" He held her shoulders.

"Oh no, nothing happened between us," Aria knew exactly what he was asking, whether she and Justin slept together.

"Justin was so involved with another woman, Josie, that he never made a move on me." Some of the tension released from Travis' body but he still looked guarded.

"If you have ended your relationship with him, then why  is he texting you as if you two are still together?" Travis asked.

"After learning that he was using me I did not have time to end things with him because he went on a trip," Aria explained.

"That explains why he texted from an unknown number and was asking why you are refusing his calls," Travis sneered.

A few minutes ago, Justin had tried to contact Aria with a new number as his previous messages were shown undelivered and he guessed that she might have blocked his number.

He had sent a long romantic message saying he was missing her, thinking about her day and night and has been counting the minutes when he can see her again.

Aria's phone was lying on the living room sofa next to Travis. And since the phone  continuously  beeped, he thought it might be something important, so he opened the messages only to see it was from a man confessing his love to Aria.  This message was totally unexpected that he lost his cool.

"One more thing, you don't need to clarify anything with him. Let me handle it from here," Travis stated.

"I need to end things with him all for once," Aria was cut off in the middle. 

"No more arguments, Aria," Travis said in a harsh tone.

This time it was Arai's turn to get annoyed by his dictatorial attitude. She predicted he would be angry after learning about her relationship with Justin. But this was a whole new level, it looked like he wanted to kill Justin. She did not know why he was bothered so much by her relationship.

"Travis, why are you meddling in my affairs? First, you snoop through my phone, and then break it into a million pieces. Now, you are ordering me what to do," Aria screamed.

"Oh , you will do what I say, and the first thing is to stay away from him,"Travis snapped.

"Travis, stop it enough!" Aria folded her arms across her chest.

Travis and Aria stared at each other, neither of them ready to back down. Tension could be felt crackling in the air. 

Travis harshly put his hand on her waist and pulled her towards his chest.

"Ahh... What are you doing? Leave me!" Aria screamed.

"I think being patient with you is my biggest mistake and I will quickly rectify it now," Travis said in a serious tone.

"I don't understand you," Aria blinked her eyes in confusion.

"I love you Aria. You are the only one to conquer my heart and I intend to return the offer by stealing yours," Travis confessed.

"Travis…," Aria was stunned and no words came out of her mouth.

Oh god! How wrong was she when she thought of him as her childhood friend who was being protective of her. In fact he was jealous of Justin because he wanted to have her.

"I didn't want it to be like this. I had planned everything so perfectly. But this Justin ruined everything, if he was in front of me I would have destroyed him," Travis fumed.

"I never viewed you in that direction," Aria saw him as a good friend just like Logan and Enzo. They were friends from when they were in diapers who had seen each other's embarrassing and ugly phase.

"I know, but I promise that will change soon," Travis squeezed her waist.

"Leave me!" Aria tried to get out of his grip. Travis put his palm on the back of her head and looked at her with intense eyes. 

"I have not waited for so long just to leave you one day," Travis declared.

"Give me some time," Aria had no idea what to say or do. Having him confessing was like a sudden plot  twist making her unable to process it.

Travis suddenly lifted her in his arms and started walking towards her bedroom. After placing Aria on the bed, Travis covered her with  a blanket.

"Don't think too much and go to sleep now. Whatever you want to ask, you can do it tomorrow," Travis stated.

Aria blankly looked at him as he walked out of her room, not before reminding her once again that he loved her.