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Tristan was deep in though. He had two days before he was to go to Boston and say his goodbyes to Mike and face Rory Gilmore. It's McKnightly, idiot. He's thoughts were broken when his personal line was ringing. "Hello?" He didn't need to be formal, since it was the personal line installed in his office.

"Tristan."

"Hello, Father. What did I do to recieve this wonderful honor?" He asked distastefully. From the actions and words from his father five years ago, Tristan had been bitter with his father.

His father wasn't to be disarrayed by the off tone of his son. He continued, "I hear that Richard and Emily Gilmore's business, Gilmore Group, has some financial problems. Near bankruptcy. There venture, quite profitable, is valuable. I want it. The only way you can buy it off of him is to marry that Gilmore girl, the one you liked in high school. I hear her husband just died. Use that charm of yours that we taught you."

Tristan was disgusted by his father, he yelled, "It's Rory, father. Rory Leigh Gilmore McKnightly. Get it striaght. It was the girl whom I have loved for over six years! Her husband is barely cold from death, and not even buried. How could you suggest such a thing?!"

"Because, it's business Tristan. Don't you know that? I need that venture, and they won't sell. So I need you to marry that girl and get it off of them. That way we can get it a much lower price, because it's family, and make more money. If that doesn't work, that venture would be inherited by Rory. They are old, it'll all work out." His father laughed softly as if it was a great joke. "Ah yes, and Tristan." His father commanded.

"Yes father?" Tristan said sardonically.

"If you don't obey me. The consequences are higher this time. I'll tell Rory that you were cheating on her the whole time you were with her five years ago. That you didn't want her or the baby. That you forced her to get an abortion." His father threatened. He continued on, "Your firm. Well, lets say that I could cause some collateral damages. Are you ready for those consequences? You cannot ever love her. She's not yours to love." His father abruptly hung up the phone. Although the threats seem petty, Tristan knew that his father could destroy him. His love and his business. Tristan had never cheated on Rory when they had been together, but Tristan's father had convincing ways to make sure those threats came true. The Dugray's motto, "Money can buy anything; and that includes love." I can't tell Rory that I love her. I have to be Tristan Jarlan Dugray. The heir of the Dugray dynasty. The person I would have been if Rory hadn't entered my life.

Will she ever forgive me?

The words of, she's not yours to love, haunted his mind. She's not yours to love. He thought with disgust, I have lost to my father. I will never be able to have Rory's love. He didn't know if he should be joyed to have Rory in his life, or torn with the fact that Rory's heart wasn't his to cherish.

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