Chapter 93

"You are not serious about it, right?" Ralph asked his brother when he told him about his plan to catch the masked man.

Liam arched a brow, "And why do you think that?"

Ralph straightened in his chair, "He is your best friend, he stood by you in every thick and thin. Liam is getting married in five days. You have to be kidding me if you are thinking about Striking Alexandrio to hurt Dmitry. For God's sake, he asked you to be his best man two days ago."

Liam sighed. "And I will be his best man. I care about him, Ralph. I do or why do you think I am not executing my plan yet. Let him enjoy a few days of happiness. My heart is not made of stone."

Ralph couldn't digest it. His brother was talking as if it didn't matter to him if Alexandrio remained alive or not!

"You know Liam, I never said this but you are as twisted as our father. Can't you see anything more than business? That man stood against his brother for you!"

Liam put the whiskey glass on the table and raised a finger at him. "His brother is the reason behind all this. He didn't support me when I asked him. He knows everything I want to know about that son of a bitch but he is playing with me. I can't risk my dream or the life of my family for a so-called friendship. Look at dad, he became Ethan's puppet. I am playing this loverboy role because of dad. I felt like a caged animal. I am bearing that idiotic girl every day just because of dad's so-called friendship with Ethan. That bitch made my cabin a flower shop yesterday. I have to control my urges with her and not to mention her irritating habits. She loves hearing some crap music. She eats in my car, a freaking vanilla ice cream. I want her body, yes. I want her to do as I say but what am I doing instead?"

"I am doing what she is asking me to do? Do you want to know what I want to do, I want to point a gun on Ethan's head and shoot him. I want Aurora to behave like a submissive!"

Ralph was stunned. He was a monster too but Liam was not only a monster, but he was also an enraged monster.

"You know the more I see this side of you the more I hate him. I used to think Ryan Knight was the ugliest filth but you trumped him in this category as well. You are the ugliest man I have ever met, Liam. Ryan Knight's hand didn't shake when he killed our mother and you want to do the same with Aurora. That girl loves you, Liam. It's written all over her face!"

Liam chuckled. "Nah! She loves an illusion, Ralph. She loves what I am pretending to be, as you said I am the ugliest monster and nobody has the guts to love an ugly monster and let's be true, do you think I care about her so-called love, Ralph? I wanted to get married to her, fuck her and have a child. That's it!"

Ralph's nose flared. He recalled his childhood when he watched his father every day with a new woman. He hated him for giving his mother's place to someone else. Every day there was a new woman on the dining table with them. "And what will happen to that child? Is he going to have the same childhood we had?"

Liam fisted his hand, "No, Ralph, I would not allow my offspring to have the same childhood we had because unlike dad I will kill her if she ever gets ideas of running away, na! I will make her live with me, forced to smile every day even though she is bearing all the pain of the world."

He turned to his brother and rested a hand on his shoulder. "We are not some normal couple, Ralph. I wanted her and now I made her mine but the moment she stopped being useful to me, things will change and the same goes for Alexandrios."

Ralph nodded. "You don't deserve Alexandrios friendship, Liam. One day, you will regret losing him."

Liam chuckled. "He himself said he could die for me, I am just testing his words. Shall we discuss the topic of concern now? Any information on Juan?"

"No…" before Ralph could finish Liam's cell phone beeped. A message from Mike.

It read: A stripper is here for the bachelorette party.

Liam was enraged. Keep an eye on her.

He typed back and stood up. "We will talk about it later." Saying that he left to bring her back home with him. The girl was testing his patience with a new stunt every day. She was Liam Knight's property and she dared to hire a stripper.

Meanwhile, Emily's eyes widened seeing the handsome stripper taking off his shirt. "Wow! It's getting hot in here!"

Aurora made a face, he was nowhere near Liam in comparison to looks or body. Her Liam has a perfect body, with muscles and his looks are to die for. She wished it was him who would have been stripping in front of her instead of this stripper. She could give anything to have him here at this moment.

Meanwhile, Susan recalled Ralph's warning and tried hard not to gaze at the man. The only person who was enjoying the stripper was Emily but that too because she was on her tenth shot of Vodka.

Aurora said no to alcohol, she had done many blunders in the past due to it that now she is off to Alcohol or so she told herself. Susan drank too but she was sober because of Ralph's upcoming visit tonight.

The stripper called the girls on the stage for the dancing and they went but none of them paid any attention to him.

"Are you ladies not interested in my moves?" He drawled while pulling down his pants.

Emily laughed and went near him. "You are not as hot as my fiance! I think I will stick to him."

Aurora and Susan burst into laughter seeing the look on that stripper's face. Aurora touched Susan's hand, for a moment forgetting that she was not talking to her but withdrawing it immediately when recalled.

Susan looked away, it hurts seeing her behave like this. Suddenly, Aurora's mind popped up with a naughty plan.

She clicked some pictures of Emily dancing with the stripper and sent them to Alexandrio. "Now the fun begins!" She mumbled.

Exactly, after twenty minutes the doorbell of her home rang down, Aurora went to open the door excitedly, thinking about surprising Emily but she was shocked to see Liam standing at her doorway.

Liam was raging in fury. He was about to tell her what he felt about her stunt but before he could speak, Aurora shrieked with a happy look on her face and threw her arms around his neck.

"I can't believe you are here!" She kissed his face many times. "I was thinking about you and here you are."

"Come inside, let's have fun." She said before they could move a car stopped by and Alexandrio stepped out of it.

He looked at his friend, "your girlfriend is better than you, she at least asked me to come here while you didn't even bother telling me about the damn stripper."

Liam frowned. "You called him here?"

Aurora nodded. "Yes, Em is drunk and I know she will enjoy the party more with Alexandrio rather than that stripper."

Alexandrio groaned and moved inside while Aurora giggled seeing him walking impatiently.

"Stripper? You dared to call a stripper?" He asked teasingly. Aurora stepped closer to him and kissed his nose. "I didn't call him, Susan did and all the while I was thinking about you. You have more skills than him, I think you should try your hand in this business."

Liam raised his brows. "Will you be able to handle that, Aurora? Me getting naked in front of other girls."

Aurora pushed his tie and pulled his face down to her level. "You can be a stripper but who says you will strip for other girls, I am advanced booking all your schedules, Mr Knight."

A feeling so strong engulfed his body that he couldn't describe it in words. He only knew one thing that he wanted to have her soon or he didn't know what he would do? He has been suffering from blue balls for a while now and didn't know for how long he would be able to take it anymore.

"Let's go!" He said taking her hand and moving towards his car.

"Liam, I can't leave like this, I didn't even tell anybody inside."

"They message anyone you want but we are leaving. I didn't like you seeing another man getting naked in front of you."

"I didn't watch another man getting naked, I was thinking about you all the while."

"Good, now we both will get naked together."

Aurora gasped and halted in her steps. "What?"

Liam lost all his patience and picked her in his arms, "Liam, what are you doing, leave me. People are watching!"

"Let them watch for all I care. I am taking what belongs to me."

He set her on the foot and opened the door of his car. "Liam!" He didn't give any heed to her words and forced her inside, closer to the door, and settled on the driving seat. Aurora didn't like the way he manhandled her.

She crossed her arms and looked outside the window. Angry as hell!

"Don't touch me!" She said, slapping his hand away when he grabbed her hand to get her out of the car. Liam's nose flared when she got out of the car and walked ahead leaving him standing. She was about to enter the elevator when he pushed her inside with a little force and attacked her lips, hungry for her body. "I can't wait any longer, little one!"

He grabbed her neck from behind and moved to her collarbone, Aurora would have agreed. She wanted to be with him in every way possible but not today, not after how he treated her.

Aurora pushed him away from herself. "But I am not ready yet, Liam," She told him.

An uncontrolled fury ran through his body. He kept staring at her, infuriated with her mood swings. "You manhandled me, Liam."

Should I show her what manhandling feels like?

"I was angry at you!"

"For what?"

"For that stripper, Aurora."

Aurora inhaled sharply. "I didn't call him, I already told you, it was Susan who did that."

The elevator pinged. He once again scooped her in his arms and took her to his bedroom. "Liam, I don't appreciate this behaviour."

He put her on her feet back and held her face between his hands. "You are making me lose control, little one. Don't torture me like this, please," he whispered and placed his lips on hers.

Aurora tried to resist, she even pushed him with her hand but today Liam was not listening to the reason. He was a hungry beast, he held her hand down and pulled her even closer. "Don't torment me anymore, little one. Become mine, completely. Marry me, Aurora!"

Aurora, who was lost in the world of physical pleasure, snapped her eyes open. Marriage! Was she even ready for this?

She didn't know, seeing Emily marrying Alexandrio after only a month of dating him gave her hope that she could do the same but her experience with Gabriel stopped her from hurrying into marriage.

Only she knew how heavy the weight of Gabriel's ring became when she stopped feeling anything for him. His words still roam in her mind sometimes even though she was completely free from him now.

She knew Liam was not like Gaberial, the way he treats her reflects how truly he cared for her. This time she was genuinely happy but she was not sure she wanted to marry him.

She needed time to think about it. She couldn't say yes! Not today. Her heart didn't allow her to say yes.

She touched his chest where his heart was and looked into his eyes and sighed deeply before giving him her answer.

"I can't, I am sorry but I can't marry you, Liam."