Chapter 7

"Wow, nice dress!" Susan whistled, checking me up from head to toe.

I met her eyes in the mirror. "You think so?" I asked her.

"Yup. You look edible, cupcake. I wish I could turn into a man to have you myself."

I turned around. "Susan, are you into girls now? What! tired with the opposite sex. Find someone else because I still prefer boys."

She rolled her eyes and stepped me aside from the mirror and checked herself. "I still prefer boys but right now I am getting more with the dumb boys. I mean they are so normal, I want someone who can hold my interest."

I raised my brows. "Hold your interest. The man has not been born yet, you get tired with men in two days." I told her, shaking my head.

She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ya! I am choosy so what not everyone is like you who get serious about your first boyfriend. I mean seriously Aurora, you have not been with anyone before him and you are getting serious about that Gabe. He could have flaws. Like real flaws…"

I smiled, shaking my head. Susan and her overdramatic histrionics.

"Stop ignoring things, Aurora. I won't allow you to be with him if he doesn't meet the standards I set for man."

At that, I sighed. "I am not asking your permission, Susan."

"Well, I don't care. You have not even explored your sexuality yet. What if he smells bad, what if he had hairs on his chest and there...I mean hairy men are gross!"

"Wow! Stop there, Susan," I told her. I held her shoulders to gain her attention. "Susan, my dear Susan. I love Gabe. I do, so please do me a favour and stop making him look bad."

Her lips were pinned in a straight line. "Alright!"

I hugged her and we both paid for our shopping. When we were going back to our house I received a message from Gabe. It read: "Have lunch with me?"

"Okay!" I typed back and hit send. A small smile broke on my face.

"Must be your boyfriend if you are smiling like this," Susan commented.

I nodded, "it was, he asked me for lunch."

"And you said yes!" She asked while she took a U-Turn.

"Yes," I replied.

"Alright, I won't say anything as I promised earlier but at least test your product from buying it. You never know it could be a defective one."

I closed my eyes and sighed deeply. "Susan, we have been dating for two months only and Gabe never tried anything which makes me feel uncomfortable…"

She stopped the car. "Girl, that's what I am worried about. He is a man and which man can keep it inside for long. Look at yourself Aurora, you have a perfect body, I mean you look fucking sexy in a nightdress and he never initiated anything with you till now. I know from experience that boys want what they want on the first date…"

Now I was losing patience with her. There was a big difference between the boys she dated and my Gabe. "Susan, you date boys for a time pass, tell me truthfully have you ever been serious about any of them. No, you have not? That's the difference between Gabe and them. I am serious about Gabe and so is he. We are taking it slow. Second, you said that boys wanted only one thing but look at Gabe. He never pressured me for anything I am not comfortable with and I respect him for that."

Susan kept mum for a while and finally spoke. "Alright, but I always believe in testing the water before swimming. You never know how deep the water is! I love you like a sister Aurora and I don't want you to make a mistake. I like Gabe but he is far too straight for my taste."

I smiled. "I like my straight man. Keep calm, and drop me off at his restaurant will you?"

"Aye, Aye Captain." She said and started the engine and started driving. I looked outside the window, huge buildings were passing by, and roads were filled with many other vehicles. Subconsciously I wrapped a lock of hair to my finger. A small smile broke to my face remembering how Gabe loved touching my hair.

Two months, yes it's been two months since we have started dating. The most beautiful time of my life started two months ago, Gabe was what I always wanted. He respects me, my thoughts. Most importantly he loves me because of who I am not who my dad is! He knew that I came from a rich background and he never talked about it. It's like he didn't care about it.

And what Susan said was not true, it was not like he didn't want me physically it's just he didn't want to push my boundaries.

There were never any restrictions on me about dating but dad always told me to be cautious and that's it. I decided to wait, unlike Susan. It might be because of my mom. She was a firm believer in sex after marriage. An Orthodox Christian one would say but that's how mom was and after her death maybe I wanted to cherish her memory the way she always wanted me to too and Gabe agreed when I told him so.

How could I doubt his sincerity for me? Susan was just being Susan! I sighed.

"Miss Kings...Miss Kings…"

I was lost in my thoughts but then I felt a sharp pain in my hand. "Ow!" I whimpered and looked at the hand where Susan had pinche. me.

"What?" I asked.

"I have been calling you for the last five minutes but you were lost in your dreamland. Get out now we reached your Gabe's restaurant."

I pinched my lips in a thin line and stepped out of her car. She drove away and I entered inside. "Hey, George!" I greeted the manager of the restaurant who smiled back at me.

"Hello, Miss kings…" he greeted me back without even raising his head from his computer.

I shook my head and walked right into Gabe's office without knocking. He was talking to someone over the phone. When I entered he looked annoyed but his expressions changed seeing it was me who disturbed him and not one of his staff members.

"I'll call you back, Uncle. My girlfriend is here to meet me," He said before ending the call.

I ran to him and hugged him tightly. "Your uncle won't like it, every time you end his call when I am near you."

He pulled me even closer to him, I raised my chin and gazed into his blue orbs. "As if I care, you are the most important person in my life," saying that he placed a soft kiss on my head.

I clung my hands to his neck, placed a soft kiss on his lips. "You are flattering me Mr,"

"Am I?"

I nodded. "Yes." He scooped me in his arms and took me to his apartment upstairs. It was a beautiful bachelor apartment with glass ceilings, contrary to my liking it was a dark themed apartment. The curtains were black with with patches on them. I liked it but it was not according to my preference.

He placed me on the bed, I bit my lip in shyness. "Gabe…" I Whispered.

"Sh!" He placed a finger to my lips. I gazed into his eyes. My breathing turned heavy seeing the intense look in his eyes. I curled my toes in anxiety. I could feel the butterflies fluttering in my tummy.

He sat down beside me, his thumb stroking my skin smoothly. "Beautiful Aurora…" he muttered and came closer to me. I could feel his breath on my face.

Our eyes were locked, I waited for the moment for so long and today it was just a second away.

And here Susan told me that my man was not a man!! Duh! Susan.

I closed my eyes and waited for him to kiss me. And waited...but it never came. I jerked my eyes open and what I saw made me angry to the core.

Gabe was chatting to someone over the phone.

That bloody phone!!! I want it to die a brutal death.

"Gabe.."

"Hmm!"

"Gabe, you were kissing me!"

"Hm."

I gritted my teeth and snatched his phone out of his hands. "To hell with your phone and your commitment!" I told him and placed my lips on his. His eyes broadened. It took him less than a moment to deepen the kiss and by God! I was lost. So lost in it that I forgot to breathe.

He left me only when I couldn't breathe. "That was awesome!!" I said in between breathing. He only chuckled and pulled me in his arms.

"You want to try stuff, Aurora?" He asked in his deep voice and a shiver of goosebumps ran down my whole body.

I hid my face in his chest, I couldn't speak after the daring step. "You are so naive!"

I frowned. "I am not naive. Just a little inexperienced."

"A little? You are a pure virgin Aurora. Count yourself as a fresher in this field."

I slapped his chest and hugged him even more tightly. "I love you, Gabe!" I love you back to the sun and moon."

He kissed my head and in a childlike voice spoke: " I love you more…"

I smiled and closed my eyes, hugging him. The feeling of his arms around me, the warmth of his body gave me a feeling of love and protection. How did I get so lucky!!

I didn't know when I fell asleep but I woke up with the best mouthwatering aroma of pasta.

"Wake up, sleepyhead!" I chuckled and sat on the bed… he held a fork for me to eat from it. I opened my mouth and took the piece of pasta from the fork.

That was when my phone buzzed. I checked it while Gabe started kissing my neck.

My eyes bugged open. Five missed calls!! I accepted the call immediately, "yes dad!"

"Aurora, where are you? I have been trying to call you for three hours."

I closed my eyes hearing the worry in his tone. My dad was always busy but when I didn't accept his call he got scared over the top of the world. I rolled my eyes not understanding why and who he feared this much. It's not like I am the only one who was a rich man's daughter.

"Dad, chill! I mean calm down." I cursed Susan in my mind. That girl surely changed my polite and beautiful vocabulary into a rich one.

"Aurora Kings, I want you at home in thirty minutes. Do you understand me!!" He shouted and I sighed.

He didn't even wait for me to speak and just ended the call.

"I don't think I am going to like what you will say?" Gabe said, raising his brows.

I shrugged my shoulders and pursed my lips. "Dad ordered me to come home in half an hour. I have to go."

Gabe frowned. Thin lines appeared at the corner of his eyes as if he was in some deep thought. He cocked his head to one side. "Why? Has something happened? I don't like this Aurora. It's like you always keep me at the second place in your life."

I closed my eyes in irritation. This topic again. In these past two months, this was the topic of our continuous fighting. He thinks that my dad was going to be the villain in our story. He would not accept him as his son in law because of his status in society.

"Gabe, my dad is worried about me!" I tried to make him understand knowing very well that I was trying in vain.

He scoffed. "Can you sound any more childish Aurora? For God sake why does he worry about you constantly, you are not a five-year-old child who requires a nanny. God damnit." He said standing up from the bed and pinching his nose in anger.

I stood up as well. "You are stretching this again Gabe. He is my dad, he can worry about me…"

"I too have a family but they don't disturb me every time like your dad. He likes to poke his nose every time we spend some time together."

"You have an uncle Gabe, not a dad. You don't know the love of a father because you don't have one."

Gabe's eyes widened. And I smacked my hands to my mouth. What have I said!!

"Gabe!" I whispered.

"Get out, Aurora!"

"Gabe, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to…"

"I said get the fuck out of here…" he snapped and I stiffened the violence in his voice. A tear rolled down my cheek at his tone. Owing about? And who will accept what! Why did he say that looking in my direction?" I asked him.

Dad raked his hand in his hair, sighed and rested his hand on my shoulder lightly.

"Aurora, I arranged your marriage with his son, Liam knight!"

I stood there like a statue, shocked over what dad just told me.

Arranged my marriage with Liam Knight!!!! Is this some nightmare?