Chapter 22"You look beautiful, Em!" Aurora whispered to her friend who smiled happily. Emily's life turned into a fairy tale romance and now she was having a fairytale wedding."Xandrio gifted me this, last night." She said, showing her pearl bowtie pendant studded with diamonds to Aurora. "It's as beautiful as you are," Aurora hugged Emily tightly. She was happy for her but her thoughts kept wondering how Liam would react when she told him that she was ready to take the next step into their relationship."Aurora, I know it sounds mean but I don't feel comfortable in the presence of Alexandrio's brother. It's weird!"Her chain of thoughts broke and she nodded at her friend. "You can't change his family, Em! Chill, and enjoy."She nodded, "Where is Susan?" Emily asked knowing that she would be able to understand her situation better than Aurora. Her name was enough to make Aurora sad. She craved talking to Susan but couldn't. "Don't you know? Is she alright, Emily?"Emily sighed. "
Chapter 23Aurora looked at herself in the mirror for the last time. She was wearing a white nightie with lace lingerie inside it. She was excited and nervous at the same time. "You can do it, Aurora," she said, taking a long breath to calm her racing heart. She twisted her lips inside in apprehension and walked out of the closet. Liam was taking a shower, so she decided to light the scented candles she ordered from the best candle store in Vancouver. The soft vanilla fragrance filled the air of the room. She did everything to make the night memorable for them. She never felt this sure in her life. Liam was smiling confidently ear to ear, tonight he would make her his. He had waited for a long time for this day. The things he did to make her, his, could not be defined in words. He recalled their journey, from the day his father showed him her photograph and her insulting words to him to this day when she was decorating the room to surprise him. He chuckled. "Oh Little one, this mo
Chapter 24"Emily Smith, Do you take Alexandrio Kyschove, as your loyally wedded husband?" "I do." There was applause from the people gathered to witness the joyful wedding ceremony of Emily and Alexandrio. Aurora was smiling ear to ear watching the ceremony for a moment she imagined herself and Liam taking the sacred wedding vows. Liam's eyes went to Aurora's happy face. Now, he was even more determined to propose to her today. The seductive wedding atmosphere was a plus point on his plan. Today, she would say yes to him. Susan's eyes drifted to Ralph for a nanosecond. He was looking at the bride and groom with an unreadable expression on his face. Susan looked away from him. He was no one in her life anymore. She was right when she told Emily that she was lost for a moment but she found herself again, this love and relationship was not for her. She was happy in her one-night stand lifestyle, there won't be heartbreaks or pain anymore. She reminded herself of the promise she mad
Chapter 25When Emily danced with Dmitry her heart was beating so fast that she heard it would jump out of her body. He had this sardonic expression on his face that she was scared of being in his personal space. "I know you are not comfortable around me but there is no need to be scared of me, I will not harm you, Emily. You are part of my family now."Emily gulped the heaviness and nodded. "May I ask you something?" She couldn't help but ask.Dmitry nodded. "You may."Alexandrio asked me not to speak about it but I couldn't hide my curiosity about it anymore. "How did you end up with this mark on your face?"Dmitry chuckled when he recalled the incident. But he couldn't tell her the reality of the incident. Not until his brother shared the truth about their identities with his wife. So he told her the thing he told everyone who isn't aware of his real identity. "As I have already told you before, I was in the army, it happens during one of the training sessions. If this mark was th
Chapter 26"My love, you are shining, is there something you wanted to tell me, Aurora?" Ethan asked his daughter who shook her head like a child. "Nothing, I am just happy for Emily. She got married to Alexandrio. Oh, dad, it was a dream come true for her. She looked so beautiful in her wedding dress, I can't express her happiness in words."Thin lines appeared around Ethan's eyes as he looked at his daughter. Her eyes were shining in happiness. "Are you sure, Love? Because as far as I can see, my little daughter is hiding something from me."Aurora closed her eyes in shyness. She couldn't hide anything from her father. He has the power to look into her soul. "Dad, I am going to say yes, this time."Ethan Kings forgot to breathe for a moment. He blinked twice before coming back to his senses. "Yes to Liam for the marriage?" He asked to confirm.Aurora nodded repeatedly, "yes dad. But it's not that easy, you know. First, he has to do something unique and special for me then only I wo
Chapter 27Aurora hugged Emily tightly. "I will miss you, a lot, Em!" Emily kissed her friend. "I will miss you both too but I will be back in a month and then we are going to open our own brand. We won't let our dream die just because I am now married to The Belle's owner."Aurora laughed. "So you want to give competition to your own husband, couple goals, Em!" She whistled, making Emily burst out laughing. "You want to know something?" She asked Emily, who raised her brows in question, "what?""I threw a challenge at Liam that if I like the way he proposed to me I would say yes to him."Emily's eyes widened. "It means you are ready to marry him."Aurora nodded happily, her eyes went to Susan who looked away from them when their eyes met. While Aurora was chatting with Emily Susan was silently watching the two of them glowing in happiness. She was happy for them, genuinely happy but it hurted her when she thought about herself. Emily noticed her silence, Aurora did too but her p
Chapter 28"Liam…" Aurora hugged him tightly. While Liam smiled, "Is this my lucky day or something, little one? You kept hugging me, today."Aurora sniffed in his arms. "She left me. She went to the USA."Liam rolled his eyes in irritation. "Maybe she needed a little time away from all this to pull herself together. It's normal, Little one. Don't think too much about it."Aurora nodded and broke their hug. She peered into his eyes. "I can't leave her alone, Liam. I know she is hurt, I hurted her badly. She did wrong but what I did was not right either. How could I be so selfish, how did I not see it before? When I was coming back, memories of every moment we spent together flashed in front of my eyes and I felt guilty over my actions. She had no one except for me, Liam. I was her only family. I have to meet her, apologies to her…." Aurora was speaking everything so fast that Liam had to stop her from talking. "Calm down, Little one. If you want to meet her, we will go to the USA to
Chapter 29Aurora's heartbeat quickened when she dialled Susan's number on her phone. Liam asked if she needed him to be with her but she denied. This was something she needed to do privately and Liam accepted her need of privacy. He kissed her head before letting her walk out of his cabin. She loved this about Liam. He understood the situation and never asked her to blindly follow his words. If it had been Gabriel instead of Liam he wouldn't even let her call Susan let alone give her privacy.Her grip on her phone tightened when Susan accepted the call. "Hello," she answered in a stiff tone.Aurora gulped before speaking, she could sense that it was not going to be easy to cajole her angry friend. "Hey Susie…"Susan who was busy in her designing research stopped everything when she saw Aurora's number flashing on her cell phone. Her heart flipped in happiness that her bestie was calling her but then her pride poked in. Everyone treated her like a stress ball. Whatever she did was f