Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires

"Mother!" Aria walked towards Arianna and hugged her in a tight embrace, which she reciprocated with the same enthusiasm. "It's been a long time since I last saw you."

"Indeed, my dear. And you have become even more beautiful than the last time I saw you," Arianna said with a smile on her face after she released her grip on her daughter.

But the very next moment she gave a sharp slap to Aria's butt, making her yelp in pain before jumping a few feet back.

"Why did you do that, Mother?"

Aria asked in surprise as she rubbed her stinging ass. It felt like she had just been struck by a hot iron hand. Not to mention her mother was in the Emperor Realm while she was in the High Stage of the King Realm. So how could her slap be anything less than painful to someone like her?

"Although your beauty has increased, what is with all the thick meat on your body?" Arianna asked in an irritated tone while pointing towards Aria's voluptuous figure.

Aria's mouth opened and closed as she didn't know what to say since what her mother said was correct. She had indeed become curvier and put more volume around certain areas of her body, such as her breasts, buttocks, and thighs.

Seeing her expression, Arianna shook her head before saying in a stern voice, "You should have tried maintaining your beautiful, slender figure like mine instead of getting so voluptuous. Do you think Asher will like your chubby ass or thick thighs?"

"No, he doesn't like them; instead, he loves them," Aria replied with a slight smirk on her face. "My baby likes to eat meat more after all. You should look at all the women here. Almost every one of them is thicker than you. Hahaha..."

"I can't believe you said that to my face." Hearing her words, Arianna gave her another slap, this time landing on the other butt cheek.

However, Aria didn't complain since she felt that she had overdone it. So she kept quiet while looking away from her mother's gaze.

Seeing their interaction, everyone couldn't help but giggle. It was a strange sight as both of them were people who could destroy countries and empires if they wanted to, but here they were, acting like children fighting with each other for no reason.

After a few seconds, when Arianna looked away from her daughter and gazed at everyone present in the room, she smiled before saying, "It seems you have found many beautiful girls for yourself, my grandson. Good job."

Then she turned to look at a certain someone who was hiding behind others to avoid being seen by her. However, it was impossible since she knew about everyone here, and it wouldn't be easy to hide from her.

"Come here, Alia." Arianna called out towards the purple-haired beauty with a sharp gaze, making Alia shiver in fright before coming forward.

"Why did you not come to greet me? Do I not deserve a proper welcome from one of my grandchildren?" Arianna asked in an imposing voice after she came before her.

"No... that's not it," Alia replied nervously as she lowered her head to hide her face. "I was just..."

"Just what?" Arianna interrupted her, causing Alia's words to get stuck in her throat. "You were busy doing something important?"

Seeing how scared Alia looked, Asher wanted to intervene since his grandmother was going overboard, but before he could say anything, Arianna shot him a dangerous look that stopped him from opening his mouth.

"No. I... was..." Alia couldn't think of any valid reason for not going forward to greet her grandmother, making her feel more nervous as time passed by.

"Look at me," Arianna said in a commanding tone while moving forward to stand before her granddaughter, who was avoiding eye contact with her. "Raise your head and stop looking down like a scared chicken. Where did that girl go who locked her own brother due to jealousy? Do you think I don't know what you were doing to Asher inside the Rift?"

Alia raised her head when she heard her words and looked at her with teary eyes. She was so scared that she wanted to cry, but she didn't want others to see her crying face.

But even if she wished for such things, tears started rolling down from her purple eyes, making it impossible for anyone not to notice them. "I am sorry... Grandma. I just couldn't control my emotions. I tried my best, but I failed..."

Hearing her words, everyone looked at her with sympathetic expressions. They all understood what she meant by being unable to control her emotions. Even if everyone here got along with other women in the group, the truth was that each one of them felt possessive of Asher.

Although they had gotten used to sharing him, there were still times when they wanted to keep Asher for themselves and spend some alone time with him without getting disturbed by anyone. But they were able to control their urges and behave in front of others.

They didn't want to create any problems between themselves and their lover. Moreover, Asher had always treated each of them well without any bias. So they didn't want to cause trouble for him because of their selfishness.

However, since Alia was still young, she had been separated from Asher and made to live alone for many years. It was only natural for someone like her to be more possessive than usual since she didn't get the love she had been starving for all these years from her brother. So, seeing her beloved surrounded by beautiful girls who could get his attention without much effort must have triggered something inside her mind.

Arianna didn't say anything after listening to Alia's words; instead, she hugged her tightly in her embrace, patting her back while whispering in her ear, "There, there, child. I am aware of what you went through during all these years. It is not your fault that things turned out this way. However, harming your family or imposing your own selfish desires on them will bring nothing but disaster. So you should learn how to control yourself and understand which actions are acceptable and which are not."

After hearing her comforting words, Alia cried even harder, as if all her pent-up frustration had burst open like a dam. "I am sorry... Grandma... I will do better from now on."

"That's a good girl." Arianna kissed her forehead, then helped her dry her tears by wiping them away with her fingers.

At that moment, Aria hugged Asher's arm and looked at him with a warm smile on her face. Then she glanced at her mother, who was comforting Alia in her embrace, and said, "Mother, it seems you have stolen my daughter, as she seems more open to you than me, but you can't do that with my son. No matter what, he will always love me more than anyone else."

"Is it a competition now?" Arianna asked with a smirk on her face while letting go of her granddaughter. "Then you should prepare yourself because I won't go easy against you."

"Bring it on." Aria replied with a smug look on her face as she rested her chin over Asher's shoulder.