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Chapter 7

BECCA and Niklaus were walking through the door that was at the end of the hallway before they were into the rose garden where Lady Georgia loved to do some gardening.

It was Becca's favorite place as well as Lady Georgia's.

"This is breathtaking. I have never seen so many colors of roses before," Niklaus stated as Becca chuckled.

"You're meant to tell me that you never see anything like this before, my lord? That was unheard of since you're wealthy enough to have other exotic plants around the kingdom," Becca said as Niklaus was arching his eyebrow at her.

"You read the tabloid about my garden?" He asked before Becca blushed. It was cute on her, Niklaus thought before Becca cleared her throat.

"They have some good insights on the plants and their scientific names. It was for research purposes," she stated as they were walking down the path that had been made for easy walking.

Niklaus chuckled before they were standing in front of the iron-wrought bench and he helped Becca to sit on it.

"Thank you, Your Grace," Becca said before Niklaus was sitting next to her. Lady Georgia was looking at them when she took a seat on the other bench next to them. Then, Niklaus was looking at Becca who was aware that his blue orbs were looking at her.

"Please, Becca, no formality between us. I am courting you after all. So, what do you think of my courtship so far?" Niklaus asked Becca before she turned to regard the duke. Becca was looking at her mother before she whispered to him.

"If you could lose my mother, I might think about your courtship, my lord," she said as a joke before Niklaus was staring at her.

"Deal," he said before he stood and he was walking up to her mother. Becca was blinking her eyes before the duke was talking with Lady Georgia. Her mother was gasping before she was walking up to the manor again before the duke was walking toward her again.

NIKLAUS was smirking when Becca asked him to ask her mother to leave them alone. He thought of the excuse that he would give to the lady before he was standing in front of her.

"My lady, if I may?" He said as Lady Georgia was looking at Niklaus.

"Your Grace?"

"I am asking you here to tell Lord Matthew that I would marry your youngest daughter at the nearest convenient date that you would agree for us to marry," Niklaus stated as he was looking at Lady Georgia. She gasped before she went to the manor, in search of her husband no doubt.

Then, Niklaus smirked as he turned to look at the lady who would be his future wife. Becca was staring at him as Niklaus was striding toward her. She was silent until Niklaus pulled her up and she gasped.

"My lord, what are you doing?" She asked Niklaus before he was taking something out of the pocket that he had been carrying around during this visit with one intention in mind.

"Marking you as mine," he said huskily before he produced an emerald engagement ring that he got from his friend, Viscount Vyckos, from Stonelockteco, the region that was known to produce such finery.

Even the young Queen of Niapachad Island was trying to get her hands on them and failed.

Niklaus slipped the ring onto Becca's left finger before he looked at the confused lady. Niklaus was regarding his future bride before the darker side of him was trying to control him now as the ring indicated that Lady Rebecca Davis was his; now and forever.

"Now, the society can go screw themselves with their rules," Niklaus said huskily as he was drawing Becca's face in his hands.

"Niklaus, what are you talking—"

Everything died on her lips as Niklaus' soft lips were claiming her mouth in a possessive, rough manner. Becca gasped before Niklaus slipped his tongue inside her mouth and tasted her around.

She tasted like an apple and Niklaus loved an apple.

He groaned before Becca pushed him away. Niklaus released her before Becca did something that no other woman ever did to him.

She slapped him.

BECCA was surprised that her first kiss would be with someone whom she just met a few weeks ago. And now, he has the nerve to ask Becca to be his wife, by forcing her to take his ring and then kissed the living shit out of her.

Not that Becca was complaining but...it was beside the point!

"You are insufferable, my lord. And with that, I said no to this courtship with you," Becca hissed before she took the ring off her finger but it would not budge.

"Damnation," she cursed under her breath before Niklaus was laughing at her struggle.

"Do whatever you want, my dear, but the ring can only be removed by the owner and since I am the owner of that ring," Niklaus said as he was pulling Becca closer. She gasped as she was looking at his handsome face.

Such a handsome face at that.

"You will be the mother of my children and I will be your husband, Becca," Niklaus stated before he kissed her again as she felt that his lips were smirking.

"Now, let's share this good news with your parents, shall we?" Niklaus told Becca before she did something unimaginable by society's rules. Fuck with the rules anyway.

She stepped on his toes.

"Tarnation!" Niklaus shouted before Becca was running away from him. She went into the house before she stepped toward her room. She slammed the door so that she knew the whole town would hear about it. But she did not care.

All she cared about was the ring and how to get it off.

“Bloody lords with their arrogance. Ugh! Why can’t I just have a nice spinsterhood without the drama of having tangling myself with this devilish lord? What have I done in my past life that I deserve such fate in this one?” Becca cursed under her breaths as she was trying to get the engagement ring out of her ring finger.

She sighed loudly, leaning against the wall as she was closing her eyes. She tried to remove the constant mumbling and dark thoughts inside her mind. Becca knew that she could not remove the ring without Niklaus’ approval but damnation to her husband-to-be if she would follow his command without fighting earnestly.

Becca quickened her steps towards her bathing chambers. She was looking around for some beeswax that she could use as the lubricant to remove the ring. She melted some of the beeswax and poured it into her hands. She winced when the hot wax was in contact with her skin.

Becca gulped the lump that was forming inside her throat. Thus, she tried to remove the ring from her finger. She twisted and turned the ring but it would not budge. She screamed silently as Becca was trying to find another way for her to remove the ring without causing so much trouble and mayhem to her fingers.

“You bloody bastard. If I knew that you would use magic against me, I would have learned ever since I could read,” Becca mumbled angrily as she sat on her cot. Then, she looked at the floor.

“Of course, Lord Matthew forbid her daughters to indulge in the Dark Arts. If I have done so…” she whispered as Becca laid down on the bedding. She sighed softly before looked at the high ceiling of her bedchambers. She smiled.

“If I had learned the Dark Arts, I would not be here and meet you, Nick. Oh, how fate loves to intervene with my perfectly formed plan,” she mumbled as Becca held her left hand against the shining candelabra that shone her bedchambers with its light.

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