"Can we have this call after dinner?" Nik pouted and looked at Lily with puppy eyes. "Do you think that I can eat after seeing this?" she growled. "No! Let's complete this and have food peacefully." "He has waited the whole day, can't he wait for a few more minutes?" Nik pushed the phone into his pocket. He wanted to see if Lily still had feelings for Drake after all the unimaginable things, he had done to her and her family. The hidden ring, beneath all the files in the last cupboard that he saw three days ago, showed that Drake still holds a valuable and irreplaceable position in her heart. But he wanted to know if Lily would go against him for Drake. 'Niklaus or Drake?' was a question which he wanted to ask her but couldn't with the fear that she might select Drake. Though he doesn't have any feelings for Lily and only sees her like any other little girl, he didn't want to be the second to the girl to whom he is getting married. Lily's eyes widened to hear the word - 'wh
~ Tring! Tring! ~ The phone rang again with Drake’s name on the screen. “Get up! Let’s complete this call as soon as possible.” Nik hissed. He thought of speaking to Drake, similar to how he spoke to Lily’s father. But after a whole lot of shouting and quarrels for Drake, Nik didn’t understand how he should talk to Drake. Taking a deep breath, he lifted the call and put it on the speaker. “Hello, Mr. Cooper. This is Drake Denholm.” “Hi! How may I help you?” Nik asked in a dull voice, and he sounded disinterested in the whole drama and lies going on. Though he was the one who started the false marriage, he didn’t expect all such nuisance to come after it. 'This is why I hate marriages and relationships.’ He felt it was a waste of time and energy to get involved with all this unnecessary stuff. ‘Can’t people live without getting married?’ “Can I talk to Lily?” Nik just wanted to hand over the call to Lily and leave them alone. He pushed the phone towards Lily, but before h
Nik mummed. “What about you?” Lily mummed. “Why?” Nik asked, staring at her pale and sorrowful face. “No one ever gave me the support and freedom you do. I feel safe and content when I am with you.” Lily muttered, without removing her eyes from Nik’s bandaged palm. “But don’t you love Mr. Denholm?” Nik didn’t understand what Lily was trying to convey to him. A moment ago, she made a fuss about making Drake wait and now, she is saying that she feels happy to be with him. “I know what you are thinking. Yes, I am frail, and I am made to live and adjust in such a way. I only see the positives and neglect the negatives in a person. I did love him, but was that love? Did I feel safe with him? No! Why? He was so possessive and hot tempted that I couldn’t even speak to my girlfriends. Was I happy with him? Yes! Why was I happy? Because he is the first male person that cared a lot about me.” she gulped and looked into Nik’s eyes. “But I didn’t know that he was psychic and awful possessive
After coming from the hospital, Lily laid on the sofa. She didn’t want to sleep with Emily as she usually does. But she was unable to sleep even for a bit, guilt and confusion were clenching her heart. Whom does she love? Whom can she trust? What will Drake do? The fact that Drake knows where she lives was even more frightening to her. She wasn’t worried or scared about him, but after listening to his words and possessiveness. She was even more tensed about Niklaus; she didn’t want him to be hurt because of her. At about six in the morning, the two alarms in the two bedrooms rang. Lily heard the two bathroom doors open as the mother and son woke up. Lily too sat and looked at the topless furniture in front of her. Her shoulder collapsed and her eyes became moist. “I am a burden,” she whispered to herself. ‘Why can’t I protect myself? Why must I be taken care of by someone? Can’t I live on my own?’ Her whole life, she lived as per her parents' wishes and put her passion and interest
[Denholm's mansion] "Drake!" James' yell from the hall woke Drake and Ember, who were sleeping in the room upstairs. Drake immediately began dressing himself, while Ember went back to sleep again. As soon as he got dressed, he slapped Ember hard. "Are you deaf? Get dressed, bitch!". "Drake!" James shouted again. Drake's heart halted to hear the frustration and anger in his father's voice. 'What happened? I haven't signed any business contract?' His pulse raced. Though Drake is a strong and independent individual himself, he is damn scared of his father, especially when it comes to business. His father is very particular about business deals and their prestige in the business world, which is why he had to behave politely and carefully when he went to Cooper's office. "Did Nikalus do anything? But didn't I say that idiot not to involve business in the bet?" he panicked and gulped. Her heart was racing like hell and was sure that he would get a tight slap from his father. "Drake!"
“Let’s get married today!” “What?” Nik and Emily shouted at once. They didn’t understand why Lily suddenly wanted to get married when she planned hard for a beach wedding at the weekend. “No, I don’t want this suspense. Just marry me, please!” “Do you think that I can’t protect you?” Niklaus asked. “I have shown you the protection around the house. What are you still afraid of?” “I am not afraid of me,” she paused and looked down. “I'm afraid you will get hurt because of me. We thought of getting married, let’s get married, a little before. I don’t even want my dream wedding, just a normal one, among your parents and close friends. That’s it!” Emily and Niklaus looked at each other and didn’t understand how to console her. Emily too got worried after seeing how frightened Lily was of Drake. She felt as if Lily knew something and became anxious about her one and only son. “Son, there must be some reason, if Lily is stressing over this. Let’s do as per her wish. We shall also have t
The guards looked at each other's faces in confusion. They haven't talked to Mr. Cooper ever and having his contact number on their mobiles would be the eighth wonder. "We don't have Mr. Cooper's number," one of them muttered and looked at Lily, who was making Emily drink water. Lily grinded her teeth and carefully made Emily settle over the sofa. "He will be fine." She tried to fill confidence in Emily when she herself was confused and worried. 'Lift! Lift!' she breathed while hearing Niklaus' phone ringing. "Ah!" she cried and again called. There was no response; Second by second, her confidence was going down and her heart was rapidly increasing its pace. "Kai," she said and called Nik's assistant, but he wasn't lifting too. Tears were dwelling down her cheeks and guilt was making her heart scream in pain. She scrolled through all the news channels, but there wasn't any signal of Nik's attack or about what happened on the stage. "Aren't there media people not interested in showi
Thompson nodded and forcefully stretched and curled up his lips. He didn't like the fact that his son wanted to marry a girl with such a past. Having an ex wasn't the problem but having an ex with such a bad attitude was the problem. "What is his name?" "Drake Denholm...You may not know him!" Nik said, as his father has got totally disconnected from the wicked and tiresome business world. "Is he the son of James Denholm and Amara?" Thompson asked with his eyes wide open, and brows arched. He appeared as if shocked, but what was there to get shocked? Hearing the name 'Amara', Lily narrowed her eyes over Nik's father. 'How does he know?' She doesn't even know Drake's mother's name. All that she knew was his mother died when he was ten years old. However, even though she was alive, Lily highly doubts if she would be given any priority or respect. She rarely saw husbands in the business world treat their wives as equals. Unlike the Cooper family, most businessmen mistreat and look down