Ice and Fire novel Chapter 918

Aria's hand remained frozen on the dress that she was holding at that moment. 'Is it a threat?' she wondered. She realized that Lawrence wasn't bluffing around. She knew that he was a powerful man and was capable of whatever he had said.

A silence set in the whole room. Aria didn't say a word. Lawrence continued to stare at her as she sat fixed like a stone.

"So what's your decision? What are you going to do? You are not leaving, I presume?" Lawrence asked deliberately. 'She has been with me since a long time now and knows how I deal with things, ' he mulled.

Aria fell on the sofa, her eyes staring at the emptiness ahead. With a resigned look, she asked Lawrence, "What do you want?"

"Stay with me. You know that you are the only woman who I love," Lawrence replied with a decisive air. 'I will never let her go until I die, ' he thought determinedly.

"I love you deeply and I want to ask you if you would marry me? Will your parents accept me as their daughter-in-law?" Aria asked. It was true that she also loved Lawrence and she hated to leave him. But she wanted his commitment that he would marry her and now she was getting it but she wanted to be sure.

"No, I can't say," Lawrence replied straightforwardly. He had never thought about this matter earlier. He wasn't sure whether he would be able to wed her. After all, his parents might oppose them. So he would rather give her an honest reply rather than give an empty promise.

His negative reply felt to her like a knife in her heart. With a desperate laugh, she muttered, "It turns out I am just your plaything. You will never marry me."

Lawrence didn't retort to the same.

Aria got up, went near Lawrence and sat on his lap. "Do you love Anna?" she asked, looking straight into his eyes.

Lawrence met her eyes. The look in her eye indicated that she was a strong woman but wanted to know the truth. "I loved her," he replied frankly.

Lawrence thought it better to tell her about his feelings for Anna. 'He loved her before meeting me. But what about now? Does he still have a thing for her?' she wondered.

"Do you still love her?" Aria asked, gazing at Lawrence with expectant eyes. 'Please say that you don't like her. It doesn't matter if you have no feelings left for me. I'd rather want you as a machine with no feelings. Please just don't fall in love with other women, ' she prayed and hoped inside.

"She is back," Lawrence responded, as he looked into her eyes "I will have to protect her."

Although Lawrence didn't say that he loved that woman, his reply still stabbed Aria's heart deeply.