Love Wins Over Lust novel Chapter 21

"I heard you just now, you were begging Ethan to save you and I want to know from what? What's going on here?"

Aurora shook her head. "Nothing is going on here Susie…"

"Enough Aurora," She snapped. Then she took a deep breath to calm herself. "Look I am not trying to interfere in your life but I can see you are not happy and I want to help you."

Aurora glanced at her father. "No one can help me, Susan. Not until dad gets well."

"Are you kidding me? One phone call to Thomas and he…" she stopped and eyed her. "You are hiding something Liam did, right? You married him suddenly and now you are protecting him!" She stepped closer to Aurora and raised her chin.

"Is he treating you well?"

Aurora couldn't stop the sob she was trying to hold anymore. Her eyes swam with tears. Her eyes went to her father once again, she touched his hand and poured her heart to her friend. "He is my worst mistake, Susie. You told me that Gabriel is a narcissist who wanted to control me but Liam is worse. He caged me. He never loved me, never, it was all a lie. He used me, he used me to get his hands on Dad's business."

Susan's eyes widened in horror. "Aurora…" she whispered, Aurora sobbed.

"I went to surprise him but instead I got the shock of being tagged as a stupid girl. He don't even respect me as a human being, all he cared about was his business. I thought I would surprise him but he was mocking me with his brother."

"Ralph?" Susan questioned.

"Yes," she wiped her tears. "I told him I won't marry him. I challenged him and broke our relationship but when I went to Churchill, my life turned upside down. Someone attacked dad and he was on the deathbed. Liam was the only one who could have saved Dad so he blackmailed me to marry him. He made me beg on my knees to marry him. I never felt this much humiliated in my life, Susan. He not only stole my life but he destroyed my self respect in my eyes. Even now if I tell…"

Her heart stopped. She had told her everything, she broke her promise to Liam. What if he comes to know about it. What if he harm her father, these were the only thoughts that ran in her mind. "Susan, please don't say anything to him. Please, don't tell anyone about it. He will harm dad. He will harm dad…" She kept repeating the same thing again and again.

Susan shook her hard. "Aurora! Stop it. He will not harm you or Ethan. He can't do anything. He is just scaring you."

"No, he can do anything. He warned me when he gave me my phone back."

"Gave you your phone back? What's that supposed to mean?"

"He locked me in his room after our marriage and snatched my phone from me. The day I talked to you, that's when he handed me the phone back and that's because I pretended to still love him."

Susan Kelly was shocked hearing Aurora. What had her life turned into? What kind of man this Liam is? And Ralph knew about it, still he didn't stop his brother. Susan was not able to believe her ears.

Her eyes fixed on Aurora who was crying softly, as if trying to stop her sobs from getting out of the room. She swallowed and touched her shoulder. "Do you want to leave him? Leave this place?"

Aurora only stared at Susan. She was numb in the mind, not able to think even of the possibility of it. "Tell me Aurora?"

"What about dad?"

"Nothing will happen to him, I will tell Thomas about it once he comes to know about it, everything will be fine. Liam will not be able to blackmail you anymore."

Aurora shook her head, before she could say anything the door of the room opened and the doctor entered. Aurora wiped her tears, "Good evening, Mrs Knight."

"How is dad recovering, Doctor?" She asked, her heart calmed a little when the doctor informed her that her father was recovering well. She had heard it from Liam and Thomas but hearing it from the doctor had calmed her anxious mind.

Once the doctor left, Susan squeezed her hand, "don't think about it, we will handle it together."

Meanwhile, Liam was losing his mind. Ralph's words kept hitting his ears. "I want to meet her."

"You can't."

Liam interrupted his father glaring at him with anger filled eyes. "I didn't ask for your permission father. I am telling you that I want to meet her, so call her here from whichever hell hotel you have hidden her all these years." Ryan tried to say something but the look in Liam's Eyes stopped him.

"Consider it an order from your boss, dad," saying that he walked out of the place. He recalled the soft smile on his mother's face. That was the only thing he could remember about the woman who gave birth to him. He fisted his hands tightly to keep his mind cool but Ralph's words about him being alone kept ringing in his ears.

He never feared being alone but today, his heart heated even the possibility of living without his wife, his Aurora.

When he reached the hospital, everything was same as he left. The guards nodded at him in greeting when he opened the door of Ethan's room silently and found Aurora starting at her father with Susan sitting beside her, consoling her.

"I just want him to talk to me like before, Susan. I am dying every moment seeing him like this…" she whispered and her shoulders shook a little. Liam knew she was crying and he hated it. He walked further and both the girls turned their heads hearing the sound of footsteps.

Aurora stiffened seeing Liam. Her heart started beating faster in fear thinking he had heard something. Susan could patter her hand, telling her without words to not worry as he had not heard anything.

"Liam…" she stood up but before she could speak any further he pulled her into his arms. "You will not leave me ever, Little one. I won't allow you to leave me, ever."

She stiffened in his arms. "Tell me you won't leave me, Aurora."

She shook her head. "I won't...I won't leave you, I promise I won't."

Susan had enough. She crossed her hands to her chest. "She will leave if you keep her unhappy, Liam."

He turned his haze at Susan, "excuse me!"

"Don't be angry, I am just stating a fact, look at her face, she has lost all the color. I have never seen her like this. The Aurora I know used to be happy, she used to do shopping and eat ice creams when she gets sad but look at her, she is doing nothing like that, she had lost charm. She looked depressed, why didn't you take her out if she is not going anywhere Liam. She can't remain home all her life."

Liam gritted his jaw. "If she didn't want to do anything, no one would force her," he answered harshly. Aurora touched his hand. "Please don't be angry, she is worried about me that's all. Shall we leave for home, now," she begged him with her eyes.

Liam nodded. "Yes, lets go home, little one."

They were in car. Aurora was sitting beside Liam while Susan was sitting in front of Aurora. Her eyes staring at her friend who lost her smile, she was staring outside the window.

Susan wanted to scratch Liam's eyes out for hurting Aurora but she controlled her anger and sat there silently.

Liam noticed Aurora's sad face. He gritted his jaw in anger. He knew she was disturbed seeing Ethan on the hospital bed. He wanted to see the smile on her face back. When they were passing by the road his eyes went to the mall they shopped for Emily's birthday.

She recalled how happy she was at that time. "Stop the car," he ordered the driver. Aurora turned her head to him. "What?" She whispered.

Liam took he hand in his and kissed her knuckles. "Come, let's have an ice cream."

Susan shrunk her eyes in disgust. He was trying to show how much he cared about her. A look of understanding passed between them. Aurora shared the same thoughts Susan had.

"There is no need…"

"There is every need, let's go."

He opened the door for her, Aurora and Susan got out of the car. Liam held her hand protectively and they all went the same candy shop from where Aurora had bought dozens of candies.

The store manager recognised them. "Hello ladybug. Do you want to taste the new flavours we have?" He asked with a smile.

Aurora couldn't stop herself from nodding. "Yes." She smiled.

Liam's heart jumped in excitement seeing the happiness on her face. She tasted almost five flavors of the candies.

Susan laughed when Aurora bought three pieces of every flavor. "It's delicious, Susie taste it."

"No, I had enough for a day. Unlike you I didn't have a sweet tooth. Enjoy your sugar."

She pouted. "You are boring, Susan. Who don't like Sugar?"

"I don't," Liam said from behind. Aurora who was lost in her happy bubble with Susan, stiffened as she came back to reality of Liam's presence with her.

Her smile turned hard to maintain, she nodded and looked down.

Susan didn't like it and wanted to cheer her mood. "Aurora, what about our shopping competition? Let's do it. We are in a shopping mall, let's do it."

Aurora didn't want to but she agreed. The more she would stay here the more she would be able to stay away from Liam. Here she had Susan but once back in the room she would have to bear his company.

She looked at Liam for permission. "Don't tell me you have become one of those obedient wives who ask permission from.their husbands for every little thing, Aurora."

Liam forced a smile. He was not liking Susan's interference between them. Now he regret allowing her to stay with them. "She doesn't have to ask for my permission, Susan. She is free to do anything she wants when I am with her."

Aurora watched Susan faking the smile on her face. "I know Liam and that's why I mocked her. I mean she is behaving irrationally," she clutched Aurora's hand and pushed her to her feets. "Come let's shop the mall out, your husband is going to pay after all," she said laughing.

Liam chuckled but he was raging inside his mind. "Shop all you want, Little one."

Susan took her to their favourite brands showrooms and chose multiple dresses for Aurora and herself. "Let's try it on."

Liam was following them. He was happy seeing Aurora smiling like before. "Let's try this on," Susan said, handing her a black dress. Aurora happily took the dress and they both went to the trial rooms.

Liam chuckled and knocked on Aurora's room, when she peeked through the door he barged inside. "Liam…" her eyes widened. "Get out what if someone sees us."

"Let them, I don't care," he said, tracing his finger on her cheek. He loved watching the smile on her face. Aurora gulped when she felt his hand on her bare stomach.

"Liam I am not into public sex. Please get out of here and let me change, Susan is next door, what would she think about us?" If Aurora had not told Susan the truth she would have clapped both of them but now she would commit her first murder if she saw him getting a quickie in a trial room with Aurora.

She hated Liam's Knight now.

Liam frowned. "You think I came here for sex?"

"What else, you only want my body. You don't believe my love for you, you don't trust me, why else would you come here except for getting a quick fix?"

He fisted his hands and forced a kiss on her. She tried to push him but he held her hand above her head against the wall and deepened the kiss. He was already raging in anger over the things he found out today. Still, ignoring his anger he focused on her happiness. He cared for her tears and brought her to this Mall just to bring a smile to her face and that's how she was treating him. It was unacceptable for him.

Aurora didn't give in to his demands today and this to get her mouth free. He finally left her to breathe. "If you think that your body is the only thing I want from you then be it. Let's go home so that I can have you. I care about your comfort after all you are not into public sex," he touched her jaw lightly. "Change into your clothes and come out. I will be waiting for you outside."

Aurora watched his back. A feeling of being dirty crashed her mind and she wanted nothing else than to wash herself.

"Only a few more days Liam and then I will leave you and your dirty touch!"

Aurora now was counting seconds to leave Liam, forever!