Chapter 8When Aurora reached him she was a mess. She didn't know what came over her to speak such harsh words to Gabriel. She wiped her tears and did her makeup to hide the tear stains from her cheek before entering her Father's home. One glance at her face and her father would go haywire to know the reason behind her tears. She wanted to tell him about her relationship but today was not just the right day. She wouldn't be able to handle the questions. She was emotionally drained. She wanted nothing else but to cry her heart out inside the security of her room where no one would disturb her.Aurora swallowed the heaviness and knocked on her father's office. "Enter."Aurora took one long breath and entered. "You called for me dad?" She said walking to his chair. "My love," he stood up, held her face in his hands affectionately. "Aurora, did you cry, love?" He inquired."No, why would I dad?" She answered immediately, not wanting him to catch her lie."I was awake the whole night, d
Chapter 9"I have arranged it and you are marrying Liam!"Aurora stared at her father without blinking a single time. She couldn't believe her ears. Did I just hear him correctly? He couldn't do that to me! No, dad can't do it to me. He must be joking. Yes, he is joking. Arranged marriages don't exist anymore. It used to happen in medieval times, not in the 21st century and even if it still exists it certainly did not exist in Canada."You can't do that dad!" Aurora said after getting her voice back. Ethan halted in his steps, ever so slowly he turned towards his daughter. His eyes stared into hers and for the first time in her life, she was frightened seeing his father's eyes. They were not warm anymore but harsh and cold. she couldn't recognise her father in that way."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!" She managed to ask. His brows cleared. "Aurora, you don't know what you are sa
Chapter 10 The Number you are trying to call is not reachable, please try again later…" Aurora ended the call and threw the phone away in anger. It's been two hours since she had been trying to call Gabriel but his phone was out of network coverage. She felt suffocated without talking with him and remembering what she said to him. She felt even more terrible and guilty "What happened, babe? You look sad!" Susan asked, closing the door behind her as she sat down on the bed beside me. Aurora facepalmed herself and sighed deeply. "I fought with Gabe and now his phone is out of network. I don't know what to do, Susan. I just want to hear his voice and apologise to him for the way I behaved." "Have you freaking lost your mind, Aurora Kings!!" She shouted, making Aurora flinch at the violence in her voice. She gasped and turned towards her, "What?" She asked. Susan pinched her like in a thin line. "You are an idiot Aurora. Don't you know the rules of dating a man?" She asked, rai
Chapter 11. "Hello, Mrs Dolan!" Aurora greeted, kissing her soft cheek. She was baking pumpkin pies and Aurora was lost in its aroma. "Hmm! They smell so good Mrs Dolan." She tried to steal a piece and earned a slap on her hand from Mrs Dolan. "Ow!" Aurora rubbed her hand. "It's for dinner." Aurora smiled shyly. "Is dad in his office? I have invited a guest for dinner tomorrow. I have to inform him about it." "Who is this guest, a friend of yours?" Mrs Dolan asked, putting the pies in the refrigerator. "He is Someone special, Mrs Dolan, not a friend." She didn't speak for a while and left a deep breath before speaking. "Someone special? What is his name?" She asked, crossing her hands to her chest. Aurora chuckled seeing Mrs Dolan's protective mother approach the news. A flicker of sadness touched her heart imagining how her mother would have behaved when she would have told her that. "His name, Aurora?" She demanded in a sharp tone this time. "Gabriel James and before
"Did you talk with your dad?" Gabriel asked the moment she accepted the call without even bothering with a hello. My poor baby. How scared he is of losing me. "Yes, I did.""What did he say?" He asked. "He wants to meet you, Gabe. I told you, you are worrying in vain. My dad loves me so much that he will accept my decisions. Anyway don't be late, he is very particular about everything so do come on time. Please!""Oh thank God!" He sighed in relief. "You have no idea how anxious I was about you talking to your dad about us, Aurora. I just…" He sighed again. "I just love you so much that I am scared of losing you, you are my only hope in life Aurora. You are my salvation in life." Aw! My baby. Aurora clutched her phone tightly and pinched her lips in a thin line at the sweetness of his words. "And you are mine, now don't make me emotional, I need to dress up for my fiance's arrival and you are wasting my time."He chuckled. "I will see you when I come there, Miss kings. Now te
Susan kept mum. She was helpless, Aurora won't listen to her but there might be a possibility that she would hear Emily. After all, she was the one with a sad past. Maybe she could make her see Gabriel was not the right man for her. She needed to talk with Emily about it once she got back home from her job.Dad, meet Gabriel and Gabe, he is my dad." Aurora introduced the two most important men in her life to each other.Gabriel offered his hand to Ethan who didn't accept it but was looking at him, assessing him from head to toe. Aurora shrank her eyes in embarrassment. Oh God dad! Why are you being so obvious about it? Aurora cleared her throat and Ethan finally accepted Gabriel's stretched out hand. "It's nice meeting you, sir." Her father didn't reply, only gave him a curt nod. "Please have a seat Mr…" "James, but you can call me Gabriel." "I prefer Mr James, thank you." So dad was not going to be easy on him. I need to intervene or there would be a world war three and you w
They all sat for dinner and even then Aurora could feel the uneasiness in the atmosphere. They both tried to initiate a conversation with her and each other. She knows they both love her. She knows they both wanted her happiness and were forcing themselves to make her happy.Ethan was bursting in rage when Aurora introduced Gabriel to him but when he saw the sparkle in her eyes and the happiness on her face. He didn't know what to feel. On one hand, he had his daughter's happiness and on the other, he had a man who could protect her against all odds. Ethan needed time to think about his decision again because nothing matters more than Aurora's happiness.Anyhow, the dinner ended and Ethan was the first to stand up. He stretched his hand and Gabriel accepted it. "It was nice meeting you, Mr James." He said, watching Gabriel with calculating eyes. Ethan glanced in Aurora's way and something shifted in his gaze. "Drop your fiance to the door, Aurora. I have some important work to do."
Tears pricked in her eyes, she wanted to hug him just like she used to do when she was a child and someone or something hurt her but remembering Gabriel's words of her being Daddy's little girl stopped her from doing so. She fisted my hand to gain strength. "Yes, I am hurt but it's you who hurt me dad, not Gabe." She lashed out at him in anger recalling the words he said to Gabriel."I don't understand what you're saying, Aurora?" His brows pulled together. "I heard what you said to Gabe in the living room. You wanted to buy his love, you wanted him to leave me, dad!"He raised his brows in surprise. "Yes, and I was right to do so. You see you are my only daughter and I wanted to see how he would answer me. I have the right to check whether the man was good enough for my Princess or not."Aurora gulped in emotions. She wanted to hug him right but stopped herself, "And...and what have you decided?" She needed to know his thoughts."He seems nice and proud, I like him." Aurora coul