Chapter 8

I stared at dad for a while, completely lost in words. Did I just hear him correctly? He couldn't do that to me!

He must be joking. No, he was joking. Arranged marriages didn't exist anymore. It used to happen in medicinal time, it didn't happen in the 21st century and even if it still exists it certainly did not exist in the USA.

"You can't do that dad!" I said after getting my voice back. He halted in his steps, ever so slowly he turned towards me. His eyes stared into mine and for the first time in my life, I was scared seeing my dad's facial expressions.

"What did you say?" He asked.

"Dad, I am not marrying someone I didn't even know. How could you decide something like this for me!" I asked him?

His brows cleared. "Aurora, you don't know what you are saying. Liam is a nice man, you will like him when you meet him. I know him since he was a child." He tried to persuade me into meeting this Liam or whatever his name was.

"No, I don't want to marry him. Dad, what is all this about? Arranged marriage didn't exist in the modern world. I can't believe you did something like this to me. How could you?"

I sobbed, the day was getting worse and worse. First, my beautiful day with Gabe was ruined. He practically threw me out of his apartment. Hell! I didn't even know where I stood with him and now this. A freaking Arranged Marriage!

Dad pulled me in his arms. I couldn't hold myself anymore and cried in his chest. "My lovely Aurora, my darling. Stop crying baby. Stop crying…"

Dad rubs his hand on my back, soothing me. He kept reciting beautiful words to calm me but I couldn't stop crying.

"Love, Don't cry please. I apologise for hurting you. If my moon doesn't want to marry the man of my choice then I will cancel this arrangement. Just don't ruin your beautiful face."

I gulped. Finally, calmed after hearing that dad will cancel the arrangement. I raised my head from his chest and looked into his eyes.

"Why did you do that dad? Why did you even gave it a thought?" I couldn't help but ask him the reason for doing such a ridiculous thing.

Dad sighed. He placed his hands on both of my shoulders, kissed my head lightly before speaking. "Darling, I am worried about you. I won't be with you forever. What if something happened to me, who will take care of you. You are an innocent girl and this world is cruel Aurora. You have no idea how much I am worried about you. I want someone who I can trust. Who will take care of you, who lives you as much as I love you my darling."

I searched into his eyes. "Dad, you are talking as if you are going somewhere. Are you hiding something from me?" I was scared to see my dad like this. For the first time I noticed something around his eyes.

My strong dad, who I never seen tense. The man who used to make everything possible for me was tense. My dad was getting old and I never noticed it. A sudden fear erupted in my heart and I hugged him tightly just like I used to do when I was a child. It was the safest place for me. My dad's arms.

"Dad, please don't scare me. I love you and nothing will happen to you." I whispered.

Dad kissed my head and sighed. Now I felt even more bad thinking about Gabe. Even the thought of something bad happening to my dad scared me to the core and I told him that he didn't have a dad.

I was such a foolish girl. that's it I am going to meet Gabetomorrow and will

Apologize to him, I decided.

"Come on now, let's go and sleep. I know how much you hate it if someone disturbs your beauty sleep."

I chuckled at that, my dad knows me too well. I got away from him and held his face sweetly. "But before going I want a promise from you, dad."

His brows pulled together but then he spoke: "anything for my baby."

"You won't do something like this again. I have a beautiful life planned for myself dad. I want to live it the way I want." I told him, for a moment I wanted to tell him about Gabe and me but stopped myself. I couldn't tell him alone, I needed to talk with Gabriel first. And I will talk to him tomorrow…

On the other hand…

A man was sitting in his office with an Ipad in his hand. He was scrolling down the pictures of Aurora one after another. A small smile came to his face when he saw her beautiful body move while dancing in a nightclub. The carefree look on her face, the beautiful smile of hers and the most attractive thing about her was that attitude of hers.

Liam Knight never felt this kind attraction towards anyone except for her. She was like a forbidden fruit he wanted to taste and taste her he will.

Liam knight had this urge to own Aurora King, he wanted to break that attitude of hers. He wants to possess her in every way possible.

The girl has become his obsession since he saw her in that Jewelry exhibition his firm organized three months ago. Every girl in that place was dying to get his attention but Aurora didn't even glance his way and he was mesmerized by her beauty.

The girl was the definition of beauty, her sapphire blue eyes, golden blonde hair and that sexy body of hers. The girl was perfect in every regard. When he saw her there he didn't know who she was but when his man who Liam assigned to get details about Aurora told him that she was Ethan King's daughter Liam was shocked.

She was his dad's friend's daughter. As if destiny wanted them to end up together. Well, Liam Knight didn't believe in Destiny, God or anything but seeing her he turned into a believer.

He would have met her sooner but couldn't, business came between them. He couldn't ignore business after all, he was going to be the next boss of the Montreal crime family.

Liam Knight was a man with perception. He wants something, he gets it, no matter what price he has to pay for that. When he came back after cleaning the weeds in his territory what his man told him Aurora made him insane with a feeling he never felt before.

Jealousy! Yes, Liam knight was jealous and he knew that now, no one could stop him from acquiring the girl who ignited this feeling in him. He would have used some different method but couldn't because of Ethan Kings. The man he respected like his father. Yes, he couldn't just bring her here. So he decided to try a different route. He asked his father to form an alliance with Ethan kings, his father was stunned hearing Liam but he knew there was nothing he could do.

He talked with Ethan about the arrangement and Ethan was happy about the prospect of Liam marrying Aurora. He was worried about her safety now that Maxicans are trying to get their hold on his territory once again. He knew no one could protect Aurora better than Liam.

He was a killing machine, Ethan accepted the proposal with a happy face. Now Aurora Kings was in Liam's grip still, he was not satisfied. His whole self was burning in rage, he wanted to smash something.

His girl, his would be wife, was spending time with a low life Restaurant owner. He couldn't tolerate that, he wanted to kill that man but what stoped him was the truce with Ethan. He couldn't kill in his territory even if he want to. He was even angry about the prospect of Aurora walking alone on roads with that son of a bitch without any guard

He took Ethan as an intelligent man but where his daughter was concerned he overlooked things. The girl was paniled and it needed to be changed. He decided that since married she would have to live with rules, Rules set by him!

Liam gritted his jaw in anger when he eyed the picture of his would-be acquisition walking in some shopping centre, hand in hand, smile staring at each other as if sun bloody rose from his.

His eye started twitching in anger, his hand turned into a fist. He was trying to control his anger, trying really hard but couldn't. Image of Aurora with that low life bastard bed made him so furious that he couldn't control the rage inside him anymore and threw the Ipad against the wall which broke.

He stood up abruptly and looked around, searching his stress ball. He started pressing hard in his fist imagining it was not a ball but that bastard's neck which he was breaking.

It was when his phone buzzed, he checked the caller I'd and found that his right hand man, Jay was calling him.

He accepted the call. "Speak."

"Sir, the man declined paying the loan."

He cocked his head to one side, chuckling slightly. "Where is he right now?" Liam asked Jay.

"In the Golf park, playing Golf with his father." Jay replied.

Liam ended the call and threw his stress ball away, he got a new toy to release stress today. Checking his appearance in the mirror he went out. He might be going to kill someone but still appearances matter a lot. They tell about the class of a man and Liam knight didn't belong to any class. He is the Class!

His driver was waiting for him, seeing Liam, he opened the door and Liam settled inside, opening the button of his suit. It took him thirty minutes to reach The Golf Park. For thirty minutes he was clenching and unclenching his hand.

The car stopped, Driver opened the door and Liam Knight stepped out of his car. Jay was already waiting for Liam at the entrance field.

"Where?" Liam asked.

"In the north west park sir." Jay replied.

Liam walked towards the north west park without any hurry. Jay followed behind him but of course he knew that his boss needed no help in handling a rich brat.

When Liam reached there he saw that the man who took money from him was playing Golf with his father without a single flicker of tension.

That irked Liam even more, the man not only took money from him but also declined paying and he was playing Golf! Golf! Without any worry about paying it back.

He sprinted towards the father son duo and gave them a sinister smile.

"Mind If I join the match?" He asked, raising a brow.

"Mr knight, what are you doing here?" Santino asked him, shocked to see Liam there. Santino knew Liam for a long time. He was the one who had his election ticket. It was a give or take relationship. Knights paid for his Election campaign and in return he did what he could for them that was lobbying for them. But Santino was wise enough not to be in his contact when nit needed and today seeing the heir of Montreal crime family here shocked him to the core.

Liam's eyes were focussed on Santino's son who turned pale seeing Liam. "Why don't you ask this question to your son, Santino?" Liam nodded at his son who gulped.

"Ask my son, what exactly Mr Knight?"

Liam's lips tugged upwards. He walked further and stretched his hand for the Golf club. Santino handed him to Liam.

Liam eyes the ball on the ground, nodding at Santino to step aside. Took his position to make a shot. His eyes were focussed on the goal, "ask your son when he will pay me my money back because I am losing my patience, Santino."

Liam checked the distance, and finally he made the shot. The ball went straight to the hole making Liam smile.

"What money? Ray. What is Mr Knight talking about?" Santiago asked his son who shook his head from left to right denying the accusation. " he is lying dad…"

And Liam Knight lost his shit! He hit Ray in the stomach so hard with the Golf Club that blood oozed from his mouth. "What did you say? Speak again!" He demanded hitting him on the shoulder with the Gold club.

"Mr knight…" Santino screamed in anger. Liam glared at him and he stopped in his tracks. The look of Liam's face scared him senseless.

Liam kicked Ray in the head, Ray screamed in pain, he was wiggling in the ground like a fish without water. Trailing here and there in agony of pain when Liam hit him hard on the knee joint. "You thought swallowing my money was easy, hmm!" He kicked him again right on the ligaments.

Ray was near losing consciousness. Liam sat down to his level and grabbed his hair, yanking his head upward he glared into his half closed eyes. "Pay me with seventy percent interest now or I won't leave you with a mere warning."

He stood up, Jay gave him a sanitised mapping to clean his hands. He looked at Santino, "i left him alive because of our relationship Santino. Make the payment till tomorrow afternoon or this time it would not only be him who was going to pay."

Liam gave him a curt nod and walked out of the club. His mind went to Aurora once again and he smirked.

Liam knight wants Aurora knight, have her he will. If she comes to him willingly, good, if not, fear was the beautiful tool because there was no one who was not scared of him. If he wanted to catch someone, there was no way he could not. This was due to his way of thinking and his train of thought

Liam was going back to his house, his mind still focused on Aurora, it was when he received a call from his father. A small smile appeared on his lips, his little bird was about to get caged in his golden prison. He accepted the call, scrolling the green icon.

"Is it a yes, dad?" He asked without even bothering about greeting his father.

Ryan Knight chuckled. "Getting eager are you, son?"

"Very, now, is it a yes." He demanded.

"Come home, have a drink with your old man and I will tell you," saying that Ryan ended the call. Liam sighed and asked the driver to take him to his father's residence. It took him more than thirty minutes to reach there.

His father was a man who wanted everything perfect. Maybe Liam got this from him. He respected his father very much, he was the one who never left him and his brother alone unlike his mother. He hated her, the woman became a snitch and once you enter in this business, there is only one way to get out.

Death! Of course his mother wanted another way, she became a police. His father loved her, he could have done anything for her but she didn't understand that. She was ready to leave her children and leave alone. Of course his father's love for her knew no bounds he would have accepted the decision but when he came to know about her affair with a police man he lost it. Still, he loved her so much he gave her what she wanted.

Freedom! He let her leave him, he let her leave her children. He even helped her himself in doing so, by killing her with his own hands. She wanted out but she got out but on his terms. That was the first time he saw his father crying. But after that he didn't even blink a tear, even in his mother's funeral. And mind you! what a grand funeral it was.

People talk about wedding receptions but in Canada his mother's funeral became the talk of the whole nation.

The Montreal crime family was the most powerful crime family among the five families. The Don without a wife looked weak but his father never married again. He spent 20 years of his life with a new whore who looks like his deceased wife which he changes after every month. The man still misses his wife with pure hatred.

One day his father was drunk, he said only one thing to him, "son, marry a girl who didn't let you sleep even when she was not with you. And be ready to kill her or get killed, trust me life will be pretty interesting." He could feel the pain behind his father's words. He hated his mother to the core. If she would have been alive he would have killed her with his own hands.

Alas! Nothing could be done now, so he waited calmly for the car to reach his father's estate.

The car finally stopped and the driver opened the door for him. He waited for the driver to open the door for him. Once he stepped down the car he closed the button of his coat and sighed deeply.

His father was waiting for him with a huge smile on his face and of course his whore standing beside him. "Dad…" he greeted him.

"Son." Ryan greeted him back and invited him inside. They walked inside and settled in Ryan's office while his whore was setting the diner table for them.

Liam was sitting with a leg crossed over his other leg. He waited for his father to start the talk but of course he won't. The man likes to play with other people's minds . With no other option left he asked: "what exactly happenedd there dad?"

Ryan smiled. "I met your would be wife."

Liam's eyes flashed. "Would be wife, means she agreed."

"Nope, we didn't speak about any arrangement with her but Ethan happily agreed."

Liam's brows frowned. He started drumming his forefinger and middle finger on the mahogany desk.

"What exactly would you talk about if not for the arrangement dad?" Liam asked, leaning forward in his chair, glaring at his father.

"About her likes, dislikes…. You know the casual stuff!"

Liam was losing control, he was telling himself that the person sitting in front of him was his father and he could not beat the hell out of him even if he want to.

His father's eyes sparkeled. "Want to hit me boy?" He mocked Liam.

Liam shook his head in annoyance. "Really hard but I won't. Now, dad, stop this nonsense and tell me what exactly happened there."

He threw his head back and laughed, shaking his head slightly. "Oh boy! You remind me of my youth but I know your woman won't be a bitch like mine."

I closed my eyes for a second to get hold on my emotions. "Dad!" I gritted, even comparing Aurora with the woman who gave birth to me made my skin crawl.

"Alright! The girl is beautiful no doubt but she is a free bird…"

That I know and I will handle her but…" Liam was asying but suddenly his father's phone buzzed.

Ryan's brows pulled together when he checkr the caller id, it was Ethan. Ryan accepted the call immediately.

"Ethan!" Ryan said but the tone clearly show that he was not accepting his call,not so soon at least. Liam's brows cleared hearing Ethan's name.

Ethan sighed on the other hand. "Aurora denied marrying Liam. She is not happy with an arranged Marriage and if she doesn'tt want it I can't force her, Ryan."

Ryan's eyes shifted to his son who was close to losing his patience level anytime now. "Ethan, Liam is the best choice for her. You know that," He muttered.

"Yes, but if Aurora is not happy, I won't force her."

Ryan nodded. "Very well, let me inform my son about your decision," Saying that Ryan ended the call.

Liam was looking at his father. "What did he say?"

Ryan sighed. "Aurora kings denied marrying you."

Liam was stunned, his eyes flashed. "Who the hell does she think she is? She denied marrying me. Liam knight! That girl is mine and I will have her, by hook or by crook," Liam gritted out standing up at the lightsing speed.

"Liam…"

But Liam was not listening to his father anymore. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled his right hand man Jay who picked up the first ring.

"Sir…"

"Call the pilot and ask him to get the plane ready. I am flying to Boston in two hours," he ordered and ended the call.

The girl insulted him twice and he couldn't forget it. Aurora Kings, the world didn't revolve around your wishes anymore because Liam knight entered in your world.

You will pay for this insult and you will pay it dearly...

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