No skin-ship! Never!!!

Before the wedding. Aria asks – a creepy-looking – Oliver what he wants her to do after she marries Charlie. He replies that she needs to get Charlie to be on her side. She has to make him believe her. He tosses the dossier on Charlie that he is holding onto the couch and says that Charlie hates skinship. He actually uses ‘skinship’ instead of saying ‘being touched.’ Heh. Get Charlie's body first. Then she’ll have his heart, too. All of Charlie. Aria is a bit shocked. Is Oliver telling her to sleep with him?

Oliver asks – like the answer is obvious – if there’s a problem with spouses sleeping together. His inflection and expression is killing me. Heh. Aria can only sputter as she reacts to this. At least she doesn’t want to sleep with a man unless she loves him. Another reason why I like her. And what kind of woman was Emma that she didn’t have a problem with it? Oliver says that in a year, Charlie will become the successor to the SJ Group. She has to prevent that from happening. And how is he planning that?

He reminds her of reality: A father who attempted suicide because of money. A daughter who chose death because of her father. He almost seems like he’s enjoying this. The world where one sings and one screams. They are living in hell right now. Together they’ll make a heaven, Emma. What is his reason for doing this? Why is he thinking that he’s in hell right now? Why does he hate Charlie so much?

It’s snowing! Charlie and his bride arrive at their house. They exit their car and Charlie has to pause to wait for Aria to hurry around the car to join him. He looks a bit annoyed. Aria can’t believe how beautiful the house is. So many servants. More than one private chef. Her mouth keeps hanging open. She answers the servants bows with her own. Charlie notices – and thinks that it’s odd but doesn't say anything. And it is odd, because Emma's been to the house before. Dad and Stepmom come down the staircase to greet them. Oliver and Riley come after. Riley looks *so* happy to see Emma. Charlie and Aria bow to the parents.

Charlie heads for the shower. Aria sits on the couch in their bedroom and listens to the shower run. She looks up at their wedding portrait and exhales. She grabs one of the remotes to turn on the TV and opens the blinds instead. I want some! She tries another remote and it turns off all the lights. Charlie yells at her and tells her to turn them back on! She hurries to turn them back on. Charlie exits the shower, perturbed. He walks toward her and she steps backward, sitting onto the bed. He leans over the bedside table to grab something and she throws herself backward onto the bed, alarmed. He glares at her.

He tells her to get up. Please. And he's polite, even when he's angry. She doesn’t move. He repeats himself, more forcefully. She complies. He picks up the phone and orders new sheets. And I roll. She touched the comforter and he orders new sheets. Heh! He starts to say something but stops when he notices her neck. It reminds him of what he's 'done.' He sighs and tells her to wash up first. She looks at him, worried. Why? Why does she suddenly need to wash up? Charlie frowns and asks if she needs a reason to wash up. He repeats his order for her to hurry and wash up. She tells him – fearful but defiant – that she doesn't want to! She’ll only wash up when she wants to.

Charlie purses his lips like he’s trying to control his temper. He nods and exhales loudly. His crazy eyes are starting. He tells her, “Fine. Then let's do it like this… for now, just wash your face.” She doesn’t know how to respond to that. He steps forward and she leans back. He leans over her and tells her to hurry up!

There’s a knock on the door. It’s Sia and Leo with new bedding. They clear their throats awkwardly. Like they caught Charlie and Aria in the middle of some ********. I shake my head. Aria announces that she’ll wash up and come back. Leo and Sia start to change the bedding and can’t help but smile. Charlie tells them that it’s not like that. Heh. They pretend they don’t know what he’s talking about.

Aria is hiding in the bathroom. The shower is running but she’s not in it. She remembers what Oliver told her: Get his body first. Then she can have his heart too. All of Charlie. She thinks of what Charlie said at the wedding about him killing her. She sighs sadly.

She exits the bathroom in a pink robe with her hair up in a towel. He tells her to sit on the couch. She complies. He tells her that it’s going to be her bed, since he can't sleep there. She looks at the couch as he announces that he has three rules for the room. First, don’t touch his things. Second, don't be loud. And, third, never go into that room. He points to a room at the top of the spiral staircase. If she obeys them, they won't have any problems living together.

He mentions how she said that she has someone she loves, right? He tells her to keep seeing the guy. Charlie won't care, but she can’t ever be caught. They'll be a happy couple in other people’s eyes and not an arranged marriage. They got married because they love each other; so, there is no problem sharing a room. Understood? Aria can’t believe he just said all that stuff. He asks why she isn’t answering.

Aria stands, dropping her purse to the floor. Seeing it makes him think of how he tried to strangle her with her other purse. He winces with pain at the thought of it. Aria says that they don't have to go... to this extreme... He picks up the purse and angrily throws it. Aria screams and reaches to protect her head. He exhales to calm himself and says that the marriage is like a business deal. She shouldn’t pretend this is beneficial to both of them. She looks at him, shocked. He tells her not to pretend she’s concerned, either. They should take what they can from each other and not irritate each other. Looking drained, he says that if he does kill her, it will be all because of her. Does she understand? Aria looks at him, understandably frightened. And he looks very sad.