Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Liam was lost for words. He simply stared at her, waiting for her to tell him everything.

The room suddenly felt devoid of air, and he was left breathless by what he had discovered.

Liam noticed Lily's knees shivering nonstop, and everything in his vision darkened, leaving him unsure what to think.

"Then earlier, I dreamed continuously about what happened. Maybe it triggered what I felt that day."

"No, did I really do that?"

Liam was lost for words.

"What did Christian do to me?" Lily said

"We both don't want it."

"But? Am I the only one who really likes it?"

Liam's thoughts were running as Lily was talking to him

Lily kept on telling Liam things, but he did nothing but scream and swallow at the thought that he had created a black hole that would swallow him whole if not caught.

Liam felt like he was in a dark room, and then he was in the center.

The place looked like an empty space.

"Who said you two liked what happened?"

"Can't you see how well you were doing while she was stuck in the past?"

He looked at the lady who was completely dark, with the only light coming from her smiled mouth.

"Didn't you know better?"

"She didn't like what happened, you just assumed!"

"You raped her, Liam!"

"You raped the woman you love!"

Liam covered both his ears with his hand, and the woman beside him was so confused and started to call him out.

"Hey? What's wrong? " Lily expressed her concern.

Liam scoffed and removed her hand that was placed on his shoulders.

"Is it okay if I go now? S-something just came up. "

Liam was about to leave and held his belongings and was ready to exit the door.

"Huh?"

"Could you please explain what happened?"

"Is what I said a bit too much? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go that far.. " Lily said

"I didn't know that I also liked what happened, even after all those years.."

"I've been blaming him for everything that I liked." I'm really sorry.

"I get it that you think something about me or treat me differently." Lily said, looking at his back a bit worried.

Lily's heart started to throb, and it was making her breathless.

"But please don't push me away..."

She closed her eyes as Liam opened the door and the light from the living room flashed through her face.

"I don't want to sound cliche, but you are the only one I have--"

Lily was shocked by the incident when Liam pulled her into a hug.

She returned the hug, but something inside him was aching.

Lily closed her eyes as she felt his warm embrace, but a bit shy about what she had brought up was even too much for him to take.

"Did his feelings change when he learned that side of me?"

They broke the hug, and Liam just looked at her and wiped the tears that were on Lily's face.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and as the ache in his heart began to burn, he deeply sighed.

Lily could see how Liam's eyes were lightened, and it was bothering her so much.

"It's fine by me that you opened up, and thank you so much."

Liam pulled her into a hug and said, "I'm sorry you have to live with it for those long years, and thank you for being so strong."

She was relieved that it had moved her to tears, but she could still sense that something was wrong, so she decided to ask him again.

"I have some confessions to make." Liam said

"W-what is it?" Lily said, stammering.

Liam looked at her as if she was his whole, but he prepared himself.

"No matter what your decision is, I will still love you even if my view of you is far away." Liam he said in his mind.

"I don't know how to say it, but maybe it's better than not knowing."

The seriousness in his voice made her lose her grasp on Liam's shirt, which he noticed that set his heart to crack.

"To be honest, I w--"

"What the hell is this?!"

"Really, Liam, at grandma's house, aren't you ashamed?"

Lily and Liam were too shocked to even utter a word.

Lily stepped away from him, placing her hands in front of her and bowing lightly.

Liam placed his arms on his waist and bent his neck lightly to get some air.

"Really, Haidee? You have really bad timing. "

Haidee just rolled her eyes at Liam and noticed the girl beside him.

"Hello dirty-minded girl, ready to have a family meeting?"

"Since you're already here, as if I have a choice."

"Yes ma—"

Liam held Lily 's hand and then placed her behind him.

"Dirty-minded girl, aren't you referring to yourself?"

Haidee shuffled her feet as she approached her grandmother's room.

Liam looked at Lily 's face and was frightened.

"You.."

"Why didn't you tell me that your grandmother is Miss Emelda?"

Liam flinched as if he had been scolded for the sin he had committed.

"Grandma, what is this?"

"Not married yet, but you're letting them stay in the same bed!"

"The door was opened in that room and then I saw them hugging. Are you so bored to pLiam like a cupid or something?"

Haidee asked while pacing in front of them, and as for Emelda, Liam, and Lily , who were sitting on the sofa like children being scolded.

"Grandma, say something because this is making me furious."

"We should conduct a wedding!" Haidee said

"Huh?"

Haidee turned to look at Lily , so she was forced to just bow her head in fear.

Emelda was just chilling as she was listening to Haidee.

Haidee finished her blabbering and thought she was sitting in the single chair and looked all exhausted sitting in it.

"Are you done?" Emelda asked and Haidee just nodded her head.

"So what was the reason why this girl is here? Because you won't allow this set up, Grandma."

"I know you. So why? " Haidee asked.

"Because I want her for Liam."