"Don't you dare touch me, Liam Knight!" Aurora screamed in anger. Her nine-month pregnant belly made it hard for her to remain standing for a long time but she didn't want to sit, they were in the middle of the fight and she didn't want him to look intimidating.
"Stop screaming will you!"
She gasped at the loudness of his voice. Tears blurred her vision and she sat down on the bed clutching her belly. "I know you don't like me anymore, it's because I am fat and look like an elephant and you are bored with me. I know there is some other girl you are dating…"
"What the fuck are you talking about? What other girl!" Liam was stunned hearing her. He threw the chocolates on the bed and went to his wife. "Look at me, Little one," he whispered, sitting on his knees in front of his wife.
Aurora shook her head and looked down, crying softly.
"No, I know you will manipulate me into believing that there is no one else in your life except for me. I know my big hips and belly make me look like a hippo! You loved the beautiful version of me, not this fat version."
He held her face in his hands. "No, I love you, Aurora. Your belly is like this because you are carrying my baby inside you and that makes you even more beautiful, Little one. I am proud of you for carrying our child inside nurturing it with love and care. You are suffering back pain and discomfort everyday but you still love this baby. How can I not love you, Little one?"
She raised her eyes. "You are not lying, you love me even if I am like this?"
"Why would I lie, have I ever lied to you, Little one?" Liam asked, wiping her tears with his thumb.
"Yes, you have. You are a certified liar!" She snapped in anger. Liam squeezed his eyes shut for a moment. "Ya, I was an ass, right."
"Yes, you still are an ass!"
Liam chuckled. "I am," he said, kissing her forehead. "I love you, Aurora and only you. It doesn't matter how you look, Little one. "
Aurora hugged him. "Prove that you love me. baby."
Liam frowned. It's been a year since they got married and in these twelve months she had asked him to prove his love for her almost thousands of times and everytime this line was used for him to do things, he wouldn't agree to do. Liam had started considering this line as a test of his patience because Aurora practically blackmails him with this line.
"What now?" He mumbled.
She giggled. "I want to…" she stopped and chutched her belly. "Oh! Aah…"
"This won't work again, Little one. I know you are pretending to have contractions like last week just to make me feel guilty."
"Shut up! This time it's real, you idiot. My water broke!" She screamed when another contraction hit her. "Liamm!" She screamed in pain clutching his hand.
Liam's face went blank. Blood left his brain and he watched his wife screaming in pain. "Don't just stand there, do something!" She cried, tightening her hold on his hand, making Liam wince in pain. He didn't know his wife held such masculine power inside her.
"Yes, yes let me call the ambulance…" he stammered and called the ambulance. His mind was fuzzed with her painful cries. "It will be fine, Aurora. Soon it will be over," he said and called his mother. "She is crying, mom. What can I do to ease her pain?"
"The only thing you can do right now is not irritate her, Liam. Have you packed her maternity bag?"
"Yes, mom. I have but she is crying…"
"It's natural for he to cry, now don't ask stupid questions. I am coming there." before Liam could speak the line went dead.
He glanced at his wife. "It will be fine…"
"Shut up and don't touch me. It's because of you I am suffering this pain."
Liam was stunned to hear the venom in her voice. "Aurora…"
She screamed as the contraction hit her again. "I won't let you touch me again. You lying scoundrel!"
Liam was stunned hearing her curse him for the next one hour till she reached the hospital. Penny and Ryan came there. Aurora was inside the hospital room. "Liam, everything is fine?"
Liam shook his head. "She hates me, mom. I…"
Penny frowned. "Liam she is having labour pain, women say things like that, it's normal."
"It's not normal. I was trying to make her feel better but she threw the scissors at me in anger and asked me to get out of the room!"
Ryan curled her lips inside his mouth stopping himself from laughing out loud seeing the serious expression on Liam's face. Penny shook her head. "She is in a lot of pain at this moment."
Ryan glanced at his wife. "She is right, your mother asked for a divorce when she was in labour pain during your birth."
Liam's eyes widened. "Really!"
Penny laughed. "Yes…" before she could speak any further a loud shriek calling Liam's name came from inside the room.
"Aurora…" Liam ran inside. "Liam, please don't leave me alone, baby. It's hurting a lot. Do something!"
Liam glared at the doctor. "Why are you not helping her? I will kill you all if my wife suffers for one more second!"
The doctors gulped in fear. "Sir…the contractions are slow. We can't do anything till your child decides to come. She has to go through the pain."
"Liam…" she cried "do something, please. Baby, if you love me, stop this pain…"
Liam was feeling so helpless for the first time in his life. He didn't know how to help his wife. His Aurora. He glared at the doctors who checked herand to his relief the doctor nodded. "She is ready now."
If the pain she was feeling till now was bad then now it was worse. "You are strong, Aurora. One last time. Come on, Push, Little one."
"You have been saying this for the last six times! Stop lying to me…" she cried and pushed with all her strength. "Keep going, Mrs Knight. I can see something."
"Just get it out!" She cried.
Liam's eyes widened when his eyes went to the doctor's hand which was covered in blood. Aurora's blood. Liam never flinched from a sight of blood, he loves torturing people. He loved spilling the blood of his enemies but today seeing the blood of his wife he was nauseated.
"What are you doing to her?" He snapped at the doctors but then he heard a loud cry and his heart stopped seeing his child for the first time.
"Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Knight. You both are graced with a daughter."
Liam's heart started beating again. "A daughter!" He smiled, looking at his wife whose eyes blurred with tears. "We have a daughter, Liam." Liam walked to Aurora and kissed her head. "Congratulations, Little one. You are really strong, Aurora."
She was in awe when the doctor handed them their daughter wrapped in a pink blanket. "Our daughter…" they both whispered at the same time.
Liam's heart was full of emotions at that moment. He thought he would never be able to love anyone else but he was wrong. He fell in love with his daughter at the first sight of her and he promised himself that if anyone ever dared to glance at her in a wrong way. He would make that person suffer the worst way possible. Death would be a kindness to him because he would be making him suffer the agony of hell keeping the person alive.
"Julia Knight," Aurora whispered, kissing her daughter. She felt complete today. Her life was filled with happiness and love now. She has a loving husband and a beautiful daughter. There was only one person who was missing from her life and that was her father.
Ethan King was still in the coma. She prayed that he would wake up soon and watch his granddaughter. She wanted her father at this moment.
"What happened Little one, you looked lost?" Liam asked, he was caressing his daughter's head lovingly.
"I wish dad would have been here with me. I missed him a lot Liam," her voice thick with emotions. Liam hugged her. "He will be fine soon but you need rest now. Don't stress yourself anymore, Aurora."
Aurora nodded. She was tired as hell but her emotions knew no time to make their presence known.
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