Forced to Marry the Ruthless Billionaire

Chapter 7 Of course I do

Aria’s POV

Aria? I suddenly heard my name.

I knew the owner of that voice, but I didn't expect to run into him in the mall.. oh! It must have been Nicole that told him that I would be there.

I did not even want to turn around because i was feeling so tensed. It was Ethan, I didn't know the explanation to give him about the rushed marriage with Liam. When I finally mustered the courage to look at him, he was just staring at me, he looked at me with kind eyes I couldn't resist, as if nothing in my life had changed.

He looked at me like he used to when we were still together, but the truth was that I would never be the same girl from years ago. If only he knew the kind of mess i was into. "You..." I said, my voice was barely audible,my voice cut in my throat.

He came closer to me with his usual smile, but he was obviously worried about me. I knew he must have tried reaching me through phone calls but I was ashamed to tell him how Liam took my old phone. He felt so sad that he was on a business trip the week the accident occurred cos he would have helped me.

My heart tightened and I couldn't hold back my tears. What Ethan didn't know was that nobody will be able to save me from Liam, Liam controls everything in country D. I'll be so selfish to drag him into my mess. I know that walking away from this marriage is never an option because of what happened five years ago which my stepmother uses against me . Ethan drew me closer to him and hugged me, I wrapped my hands around him too. With Ethan, I felt that nothing in this world mattered again.

“I did not have a choice in this matter.” I told him in a soft voice, since my mother died I had always followed my dad's and stepmother’s instructions, and had no right to decide over my affairs.

Ethan clenched his jaw and looked angry. “Do you trust me?” Ethan asked, looking into my eyes. “Of course I do.” I replied.

But then, two black cars pulled up at the entrance of the mall, I needed no one to tell me who it was . I became scared immediately. The car doors opened, and a man was helped to sit on his wheelchair, it was no other person than Liam.

He looked so domineering and very dangerous in his black tuxedo. He stared at me with his blue eyes, his stares were malicious, piercing my heart like daggers.. He only said five words: "Get into the car Aria."

He wasn't shouting, but his voice made me tremble all over. I got into the car and sat down but Liam stayed behind and was giving Ethan a killing stare. I didn't hear what Ethan said to him but Liam's face wasn't looking good when he got into the car.

Inside the car, i met Liam’s cold glance. He wasted no time in telling me that I have a very bad taste in men. “How is that your business?” I replied, but immediately I said it, I regretted it, I knew I had said the wrong thing and angered him more.

Before I knew what was happening, Liam moved across the seat and was few inches from my face. He said that my affairs became his the day I signed that contract. I became so angry, I was tired of him referring to me as his property. “I am a human being, not an object ” I fired back.

The silence that followed immediately was so suffocating and frightening. Then, there came Liam’s commanding voice. “You are not allowed to step out of the mansion for three days.” “What.” I screamed.

He said that as long as I am still married to him,that I was not allowed to meet other men any longer, especially Ethan.

I was so furious . “You don’t own me Mr. Liam.” I managed to get the words out of my mouth. He drew closer to me with an evil smile and just said only two words. “ Try me.”

Immediately we got back to the house, didn't even wait for Liam to be helped down to his wheelchair, i ran to my room and slammed the door with a loud sound .

I threw myself on the bed and cried. The house, Liam, the marriage, and Ethan,it was all too much for me to handle alone. I started to think about my mother.

As I covered my face and cried, I felt very small and very weak. I said out loud that I could not do this by myself. But as my tears started to stop, I felt something else inside me. It was a tiny bit of strength.