His Purchased Wife novel Chapter 157

Ralph Knight watched the man who was drinking beside her following Susan out. It was clear that she was not interested in him. Usually, Ralph didn't care about incidents like that, he believes that one should always be precautionary. He hated people who get wasted and lose their senses on alcohol knowing they wouldn't be able to handle themselves after liquor consumption disgusts him. But looking at Susan he knew he couldn't ignore it for two reasons, she worked in his legal company and second, she was the best friend of Aurora and if anything happens to her, Aurora would be devastated and its effect would be on Liam which they couldn't afford at this crucial moment when the commission meeting was just two months away.

He wanted Liam to marry Ethan's brat as soon as possible so he followed them outside and he was glad that he did that because the man was about to hit her.

The alley was dark but it was not darker than his soul. Ralph Knight moved faster and held his hand before he could slap Susan. The girl was drunk, she was hardly standing on her legs and the girl fell on the ground before Ralph could do anything he pulled his knife.

"Don't you know who I am?" The man said and every hair on his body stood up hearing the Irish tilt in his voice.

He looked at the man, he looked familiar, who is he? He thought and then it hit her. He was Declan, Irish mob boss' nephew.

He snatched his hand and tried to hit Ralph. How could one be this stupid, you don't raise your hands at a Knight, not when you are standing in his territory and Vancouver was his territory. Ralph twisted his hand back but the man was not easy to deal with. He got free of his hold and tried to hit again but Ralph attacked his wrist and pulled the knife out of his hand, putting it on his neck he asked, "What are you doing in Vancouver?"

"Fuck you!"

Ralph's eyes turned murderous and he carved a smiley on his neck. There was nothing but blood on the street. Ralph called one of his men to clean up the area and brought him a new set of clothes. The one he was wearing was soiled in blood and needed to be burned.

"Boss, what should we do with the girl?" One of the men from his cleaning crew asked.

"I will handle it," Ralph answered and picked the girl in his arms and took her to his car. Once seated he turned on the heater, winters in Canada are a bitch!

He was driving calmly to go to his home. He needed to talk to Liam about the Irish trespassing their territory. This was getting bigger than he thought, with Mexicans he understood things but he was still not able to understand the involvement of the Italian Mafia and now the Irish.

It felt like a web of spiders, everything was jumbled. Ralph looked at Susan when she moved into her seat. "You hurt me Aurora! You hurt me." Susan slurred.

He scowled. What is she talking about?

Susan sat up, her vision blurry as she looked around and found a man with black hair moving his hands, she blinked to clear her vision.

"Who are you?" She mumbled and Ralph stilled in his seat. He sharpened his gaze at her. "Sit quietly and let me drive."

Ralph kept his focus on the road but Susan wouldn't be Susan if she would do what she was asked to do. "She hurted me!" Susan mumbled again.

"She said we are no longer friends because I didn't respect her privacy. She broke our friendship because I blocked that cleaner's number on her phone."

Ralph didn't understand her mumbling but then it clicked. she was talking about Gabriel, the restaurant owner. "When we were small," she tried to show how small with her hands, "this small, we have been friends since then and today she broke us apart. She didn't understand I did it for her. I blocked his number because he was not the right man for her. But I guess all my efforts are gone to waste now. I lost her forever. I couldn't keep the promise I made to her mother."

Ralph's heart skipped hearing the world mother. He sometimes thinks he would have been a different man if his mother had raised him but what was the use of thinking like this when she was killed by his father. Still, hearing her speak about Aurora's mother felt as if someone had cut him into halves. Liam had accepted their father killing their mother but Ralph couldn't do that.

"She was on her deathbed when she asked me to take care of Aurora. I was only doing that but she thinks I am interfering in her privacy. Because the man was not up to her standard."

Ralph halted the car and looked at her, she had tears in her eyes while telling him about her pain. She sniffed and then fell silent, a lock of black hair came to her face. Ralph didn't know why but he couldn't stop himself from brushing it behind her ear.

He sighed and started driving to his home, glancing at her every once and again. He thought she had fallen asleep but it was nothing like that, the moment he stopped the car in front of his home and pulled her out of the car she threw up on his shirt.

Ralph Knight couldn't believe his luck. The first time he thought about helping someone and ended up getting puked on his body.

He took her to the guest room, took off his clothes to clean himself. The girl was curled into chairs whimpering. Ralph didn't like anyone in his home so there was no servant present there. He needed to take care of Susan himself.

"I have to take off your dress, Miss Smith," he said, jerking her a little to gain her attention.

"Can you hear me, I have to take your clothes off, help me in getting you clean, Miss Smith!"

Susan nodded. Clean! Her mind comprehended the word. She needed to be cleaned. "Raise your hands," Ralph said and Susan did as she was ordered to do. He pulled the top off her body, Ralph didn't want to gawk but his eyes went to a tattoo on the outline of her bra. A small name was carved with ink near her heart.

He looked away and got her out of her clothes. He took her to the shower and tapped on the cold shower. Susan felt alive when the droplets of water hit her body. She felt ticklish when a hand touched her naked skin, she held the hand and looked into the world's most beautiful, black eyes. Ralph's body awakened with desire when she placed her lips on his and Ralph grunts then the kiss evoked a fire between them.