
Aria accepts Leon Lennox's contract as his secretary and bed-warmer. Aria falls for Leon, but he treats her as a contract lover, arranged to marry Chloe Shaw. Aria decides to leave, pregnant. Chloe Shaw and Yara Lennox kidnap Aria's brother, Sean Sutton. Sean dies, Aria miscarries. Aria seeks revenge with Mason Ford's help, returning to Banyan City to achieve it and establish her own company, proving independence.