The Dragon and The Lion

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Your cold sweat ran down your forehead at the sight of Kris father.

"Father" kris jumped off his seat and took a few steps forward wishing he could block him from moving closer to you.

"Wasn't she with her boyfriend before? Where is he?" He spitted as lethal as possible looking right and left

"He is inside, okay?" Your friend said surprisingly calm "he was here just now"

"And he left his girlfriend with you? Alone? Does he know everything about you and her?"

You gulped down the fear that was rapidly accumulating on your throat and stood up. Bad choice.

"Do you?" Thankfully, your voice didn't crack.

The reaction you got from the old man was the same as of you just had slapped him.

Kris almost gaped at your boldness.

"What did you just say?" he said in a low voice.

"I said..." you remarked "do you know everything that happened between me and your son?"

"well, it's not hard to imagine it" he scoffed and both you and Kris had to control de urge to punch him on the face.

"Then you clearly know nothing, sir" you sarcastically smiled.

But Kris' father had lived longer than you and had been trained in the cruel world of business and power; he knew how to get to you in a subtle way and take you down. Just like his son but way more experienced.

"what I know for sure, is that you kept distracting my son from his duties and almost made our company suffer a huge loss. If kris hadn't married charlotte, you'd have had to pay the consequences...isn't that enough for you to stay away from him."

"Father!" Kris roared and took one defiant step towards his father

It took you a second to realize what had just happened. Images from the past months came rushing back in front of your eyes; the wedding, the way he looked at you, the cars parked outside your house, how he tried to ignore you, how many times he told you everything was going to be okay but in the end he married Charlotte... for your sake.

The dark haired young man looked at you standing there, eyes pinned to the floor before moving up to him confused; waiting for him to say something. he stumbled back, frantically running his finger through his hair while his father watched the scene satisfied.

You were the reason of his disgrace.

He couldn't stand watching you crumble like that any longer and hurried to grab you by the shoulders, shaking you strongly and staring into your eyes.

"Look at me!" he firmly said "I know what you are thinking, so stop! I made that choice, you are not at fault" his finger buried deeper on your skin but you didn't flinch, you were numb. You threatened him so cold and always blamed him for not being able to give up his fortune for you. But there were deeper reasons hidden.

Meanwhile in Kris mind, he was rushing to find a reason that could convince her father that he didn't love you anymore but at the same time to not hurt you.

"I did this for myself, okay? I took the most convenient way for me" he said exasperated but the words just wouldn't reach you and he was losing his patience.

He let go of you and took a deep breath.

"I never really cared about you. Sorry to break it to you, but I never even tried to break the engagement"