Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Liam takes a long blink with equal amounts of air inside. I know he means well, but it is as much as I do too. If we are sailing on this boat together, then both our safety measures are equally crucial. And besides, I have been a walkover for that bitch all the time. I don’t want that this time around. I will fight her head-on. Right here.

“Okay!” Liam rustles when he peels his eyes off, boring them into mine. I heave out a sigh. At least we have a common ground now. He knows that I care for him as much as he cares for me. “But I have conditions.” He adds, and that somehow sparks my curiosity.

Conditions? What kind of conditions?

“What conditions?” I implore, scanning his beautiful, deep orbs.

These eyes, I would stare at them all my entire life, and that would not even be a relative quantity to squelch the desire they arouse in me. This spark is so strong.

“You cannot be staying here with Mitch all alone.” He grumbles, drawing me into a state of bewilderment.

I thought he agreed that he wouldn’t move me to any goddamn safe nonsense of a house. What is this now?

“What do you mean?” I implore, my head banging with mixed thoughts.

“You will be accompanying me to the office.” He says.

My mouth hung agape.

A fleeting moment of uproarious silence befalls us. I am trying to mull over what he suggested. No, actually, I am trying to think about whether I heard that right. How can I... how can we be going to the office together? What kind of joke is he pulling?

“Liam? I am taking that as a very bad joke.” I break the silence since he has nothing to say, and as early as now, I would say I don’t like his cool.

“I am overly serious, Lynn. You said we will stick together, right? Then this is the only way for me to..."

“Have you thought of what you will tell people? Mitch, to start with? What reason do you think she will craft for us to do this?

What? We will give her more reasons to accuse us and insult us. Are you ready to see your wife cause a scandal in your company and humiliate you?” I would like to go on howling and challenge his decision because I have a zillion facts to contend with, but his reaction shuts me up.

He doesn’t think when it comes to me, does he?

“Well, I cannot think of another way to keep you safe, Lynn! I am not thinking, I know, but can you blame me?”He asks as he scratches his head.

No. I cannot blame him for loving and caring for me so much that it makes him lose his mind. To make him come up with such an insane plan as this. But I blame him for not trusting that I am brave. I can handle myself and this bitch pretty well. I can do that, you know?

I reach for his hands and hug them tight in mine as I stand before him.

“I understand you, Liam, but can you have at least a little faith in me?” I ask.

“I trust you, love, but not Mitch. I know she will have all the freedom to bully you when I am not around. I can’t leave you in her hands.” He says.

“If you trust me, Liam, then trust me when I say I will handle that witch. For you and for us both, I will not allow her to get into me. I am done bowing to her. I don’t want to lose you ever again, Liam. And that has given me a new spirit. I want to live, and I am not accepting defeat from anyone.” I say, and he remains quiet for a while.

What? He does not trust me yet? What more do I have to say to ease his mind?

“I will never be at peace as long as you are not with me, but okay, Lynn. I agree, but I will hire some people to watch over you whenever I am at work. And that is final.” He says, and I feel defeated but, more so, gratified.

God bless this man for me! He is such a sweet, annoying darling! And my heart, don’t ever stop loving this man. He is my Mr. Perfect even in this imperfect condition. He is my all. I want nothing more in this world than for us to conquer these obstacles so that we can start our happily ever after.

“Do I have something on my face, or am I that charming?” He queries me after watching me ogle him for minutes.

Well, he is a total charmer, and that goes without a single doubt.

I reach for his sweet lips, pressing mine on them, and give him a sweet kiss of gratitude. A kiss of love that tastes like heaven As he embraces us and intensifies the kiss, I make a prayer to the heavens that no matter what we will face on this obscure journey, we will win all and end up together. No matter the storms that are coming, because there sure are, we will overcome them all. I pray for the heavens to right this and give us the victory and the divine happiness that we deserve.

“And this too? Do you want to stop this as well?” He queries as we stop the kissing, our foreheads resting on each other as we feed each other’s breath.

I also don’t know how I will cope with this. I don’t want to stop this. I don’t want to stop the kissing, the lovemaking, or the romance as a complete package. I want to have him the exact way I crave him, and that too, anytime that I want him.

But how? That is close to hopeless at the moment, right? Yeah, because even right now, we shouldn’t be in each other’s arms like this. This kiss shouldn't have happened. Because every slight mistake carries a grave risk of us being caught.

“I don’t want to, Liam.” I respond with all honesty, and my heart throbs to affirm the sincerity in my words, and his grin lit up to ascertain how moved he is by my confession. “But…”

I wanted to break down the situation for him for the first time, but he pressed his thumb against my lips, sealing them.

“Then we won't!”

Pardon me?

I shoot my eyes at him, my throbs accelerating as I begin to convulse with the euphoric glee of his words. We won't? We still have a chance to squelch our desires. But, how? Another one of his wild thoughts?

I am snapped back to my senses as his lips brush mine again, his warm breath soothing my nostrils and luring me to his overwhelming intentions.

“How can we do that, Liam?” I air my curiosity out on his lips as our eyes dive into each other. My breathing is becoming rough due to the heat burning between us.

“Why don’t you leave that to me, love, huh? I will work it out tomorrow because I cannot stay for another minute fighting this. I want you, Lynn, and no one else. And not even the devil can forbid me from having you.” His voice is deep, and his orbs are an inferno of a combo of love and lust.

“What if we get caught?” My worry comes out as a tremor, and my knees weaken from the intensity of the heat he is feeding me.

I am intoxicated. We are both in heat.

“There is no offense in loving, but in case there is one that I am not aware of, we will brace it together.” He speaks in a deep, hushed tone that I cannot say no to.

Even if this seems crazy, however dangerous this is, whether we are augmenting the beginning of our end or the beginning of unstoppable love, I want to lose myself in this flow. I trust him, and whatever he plans, I am so in.

“She stepped out?” I asked just to be sure.

“I don’t know. But all I know is that I am willing to be thrown into eternal hell for this!” He tosses his last word into my mouth as our tongues find each other, our hands cruising freely on our bodies.