Love Wins Over Lust novel Chapter 20

Liam couldn't believe he agreed to it. Love really turned a man into a fool. Liam went to Aurora who was staring at her reflection in the mirror. "Feeling Happy now?" He asked.

Aurora met his eyes in the mirror. "Why now? I know you don't trust me, so why the favor Liam? Because you don't want Susan to know the reality of our relationship. You are scared that she will tell this to Uncle Thomas, aren't you?"

Liam clasped her waist and pulled her to him in anger. "I don't care, let alone scared about your uncle Thomas or your father, Little one. I agreed because of you. I didn't want to see tears in your eyes anymore. Do you understand me? I don't fear anyone, little one," he said and pushed her away from himself.

Liam walked out of the room, he didn't want to hurt her.

The next day Aurora was happy and anxious at the same time. She was going to see her father after such a long time. The thoughts about his health had made her insane in worry.

"Are you ready?" Aurora asked her friend who smiled at her. "Yes, shall we leave?"

Liam was waiting for his wife and her friend to come. They left for the hospital. Aurora was smiling ear to ear seeing the passing trees, it felt like an eternity she had seen the outside world. Even the horns of passing cars were no less than a solace for her.

Liam's eyes sparkled seeing the joyous smile on Aurora's face. Whole the way to the hospital he was looking at her face while she was staring out the window.

Susan was confused. Because Aurora's eyes were telling a different story than what she was seeing on Liam's face. Even a blind man could see how much her happiness meant to him, so why didn't Aurora look happy? Was it her worry for Ethan or something else? Susan couldn't pinpoint and neither could she wait to answer the question.

When they reached the hospital Aurora's heart started beating unevenly. She gulped down the heaviness she was feeling as tears choked her throat. Liam held her hand and pressed it lightly.

Aurora stiffened. Liam's gesture was to show her support but she understood something different about the act.

When they reached the private wing of the hospital Aurora's eyes went to her father's security guards. She knew each and every one of them, they were always there, protecting him.

Susan held her hand when she heard her sobbing softly. "He will be fine, Aurora."

Aurora's heart skipped beats when Liam opened the door and her eyes went to her father who had dozens of wires attached to his body. He was breathing through an oxygen mask. Tears rolled down her cheek freely.

Her strong father was lying on the hospital bed and machines were keeping him alive, the scene killed Aurora. Even her soul was crying in pain seeing her father like this.

"Dad…" she choked and ran to him. Susan wiped her tears and looked away while Liam went to Aurora and held her shoulders. "He is doing a speedy recovery, Little one."

Aurora couldn't tolerate his touch at this moment. Not in front of her father. The memories of how he made her beg to marry him were still fresh in her memory. Susan was standing away from them, Aurora went to his chest to show she was hugging him but her real motive was something else.

She went near him and whispered in a choked-up voice. "Please don't touch me. Give me a moment of peace with my father. I won't tell anyone anything but give me a moment alone with my dad. Please, Liam."

Liam stiffened and left her shoulder the moment those words left her mouth. He gritted his jaw in anger but nodded. "I am waiting outside, spend as much time as you want."

Liam walked out leaving Aurora with her father and Susan. Once she found him gone, Aurora broke down into tears completely. "Dad...Please wake up. Please don't leave me alone here. I am all alone without you, dad, I am weak without you. I am suffering every single second, daddy. Please wake up and save me from this hell, please wake up daddy!" She fell on her knees and cried, clutching his hand.

Susan's eyes widened seeing her like this. She ran to her and held her shoulder. "Aurora… please control yourself, love. He will be fine." She sat to her level on the floor, pulling Aurora into her arms. Aurora took all the comfort she could take in Susan's arms. She was near someone who genuinely cares about her. Who truly loves her, unlike the man she loved like a fool.

Susan broke their hug and held her face. She made Aurora look into her eyes. "Aurora, stop crying, I want to know something but you have to stop crying for that."

Aurora nodded and wiped her tears. "I could be wrong and I don't want to interfere in your lives anymore but it's just what I have been feeling since yesterday, Aurora. Please tell me if there is something wrong. You can pretend to be happy all you want but I can see the pain in your eyes. Tell me what's wrong?"

Susan asked the question she wanted to ask since yesterday. Aurora stiffened and blinked, she wanted to pour all her pain in front of Susan but she feared Liam. What if he...she glanced at Ethan and shook her head. "There is nothing wrong…"

"Stop lying!"

Aurora closed her eyes, her mind divided into half she couldn't decide whether to tell her or not?

On the other hand, Liam's cell phone buzzed. He accepted the call when he saw it was his brother who was calling him. He expected to hear some news regarding the masked man or Alexandrio but what he heard froze him to the core. He was ready for anything but that, never in his life he think he would hear these words.

"I am going to kill him, I will kill him, Liam. He lied to us, he lied all those years. She is not dead, our mother is not dead!"

"Ralph, Are you drunk?"

"I am not drunk. I have proof. She is alive. The woman you hated for years, our mother, he hid her somewhere. She is alive. Alive! Liam…"

Liam fisted his hand tightly. A hot fury shot down his nerves, "Ralph, do you know what you are saying?"

"You won't believe me. You never loved mom, it was always Dad for you. But I am not like you, Liam. I am not a calculating mind with zero emotions just like Ryan Knight and you, and today I will not leave that man alive who kept me away from my mother," Ralph ended the call.

"Damn it to hell!" He cursed and dialled his father's cell phone but it kept ringing. Liam was furious. Ralph was enraged at this moment. He had to think about him and his father who he wanted to kill, their relationship was never good, Ralph was only tolerating him and now…

But he couldn't leave from here, Aurora was alone. But his mind was bombing with questions of which he needed answers. Liam looked at the guards, "Don't let them leave till I come back."

The guards nodded and Liam left. All the way his emotions were raging inside him. When his father killed his mother, his heart turned into stone. Liam's father told him why he did that and he accepted her fate.

She wanted to run away leaving them behind. She was a traitor, all his life he believed the lie his father told him and today, his belief collapsed.

It didn't take him much time to reach his father's home. It was not far from the hospital. Ralph has yet to arrive, he was glad he came before him.

"Liam…" Ryan Knight stood up from the sofa where he was sitting and reading some documents.

"I called you, why didn't you accept it?" He demanded in an as calm and composed voice as he could manage at this time.

Ryan Knight didn't like the way his son was talking to him. He was the boss now but that didn't mean he could talk to Ryan like this. "I might be your counsellor now but I am still your father…" He was saying but stopped when his eyes went to Ralph who sprinted towards him. He frowned seeing the look of rage on his face.

"Is everything alright, is there a new attack…"

"Where is my mother?" Ralph demanded not letting him finish the sentence.

Ryan Knight didn't let the shock show on his face but he was stunned hearing his son's question. "Don't you know, she died…"

He forged towards him, got into Ryan's face. "Stop lying, I know she is alive. I have proof of it. Tell me where she is?"

Liam was watching his father's face all the while and seeing the look of shock on his face. He was stunned, Ralph was saying the truth. His mother was alive, he didn't kill her.

Ryan Knight lied to his children about killing his wife.

Ryan glared at his son, "don't forget I am your father…"

"Father my foot, where is my mother. Answer me!"

Liam went to them and separated them. "What has gotten into you?" Ryan snarled at Ralph who made an angry sound in his throat.

Liam glared at his father. "Where is your wife?"

"You know very well where she is! I killed her."

"Don't lie, she is alive and that's the reason you accepted everything Ethan threw at you. You didn't want to get this secret out and that's why you asked Liam to follow the path of Peace rather than letting him handle Ethan like everyone else. He was using this secret against you."

Liam's eyes widened. "He is telling the truth, Isn't he? You were scared, all the time you told me to behave rationally because Ethan was blackmailing you. That bastard!"

Ralph once again went to Ryan. "Where is my mom, answer me or I will kill you, Ryan Knight."

Liam stopped his brother. "Tell the truth now, Dad. I want the truth? Is she alive? Why did you lie to us our whole life?" He got into Ryan's face, his eyes bored into his.

Ryan Knight turned around and made an angry sound in his throat. "Thomas told you about it? I will make him pay for this!"

Liam once again fisted his hands to gain patience. "Thomas, Ethan… it's not about them. It's about us, it's about the lies you told us till now. Ethan was blackmailing you the whole while and you were played like a puppet. Is this how you ruled over Vancouver your whole life?"

Ryan closed his eyes. He couldn't listen to the taunts of his sons anymore. "I could not kill her. I tried but I couldn't. She wanted to run away from me. From this life, she was a police spy who wanted to leave us alone and move on in her life. I was this close to shooting her but her tears didn't let me and I couldn't shoot her that day. Yes, she is alive but I couldn't let her leave just like that. Without any punishment, I did what I had to, I made her live alone her whole life and I was the only person who she could talk to, so in a way, I didn't lie to any of you, she is dead in the eyes of the world. Ethan helped me in this and that's why he was blackmailing me to treat her daughter with kid gloves."

"You had no right to snatch my mother from me. No right, you disgust me Ryan Knight and from today, I spit on your name."

"She is a traitor, not your mother," Ryan Snapped.

Liam saw his brother sprinting at their father. "I don't care about you and your business anymore…"

"Ralph, don't be emotional…"

"Emotional! What do you know about emotions? The man who wants to kill his friend, the same friend who always stood with him to punish his rival. The man who used a woman for his gain…"

Liam couldn't hear it anymore. He had crossed the line, Liam pushed Ralph hard and punched in hard on the jaw. He lost his mind and punched him again. "Don't involve Aurora in this."

Ralph chuckled. And wiped the blood off his lip. "You know what, you are just like him, same cunningness and same greed. I pity anyone who ever cares about you or loves you. You will have everything you want, Liam but you won't have the people you love because you don't deserve them."

Ralph glared at his father once again before walking out from there leaving Liam and his father alone with their cunningness!