28. She said yes! Liam kicked the door of his bedroom open and stormed inside with a red face. Throwing his coat he acquired from Arielle on the bed, he slapped his bandaged hand on the wall beside him. "Bloody hell!" Pulling his hand close, he seethed in pain. Blood saturated his white bandage but he hardly cared about it as he settled in a nearby chair with a sigh. The thoughts of Arielle in a short tiny black dress played with his senses. More than that, he imagined the fucking doctor holding her in his lap and playing with her a$$cheeks as he sucked in her… well, he didn't want to go there. She was bloody dating someone. Not just dating… but dating that enraging doctor. His smiling facade flashed in the back of his head. Liam felt like breaking the ceiling open and flying out in the open sky like a devil with long bat wings to his clinic, and sucking out his blood until the last drop. He was annoyed. He was angry until the bones and gritting his teeth to a point that his
29. Dressing up like a Greek God "Oh my gawd!" Amanda covered her mouth to hold back her gasps as she glanced at her friend's reflection in the mirror. "You remind me of a sexy seductress I read about in a novel a few days ago." She adjusted the thin strings of the dress on her shoulder and hugged her from the back, not believing her own eyes that she dressed groomed this epitome of beauty and temptation with her own hands. "Do you think Liam will be astounded?" Arielle shyly ran a hand through her hair on the shoulders, adjusting the curls. She was not sure how she looked because she never dressed like this before. Jeans and crop tops or baggy trousers had been her best friends. They were comfortable and suited her as a photographer while bending uncomfortably for good shots and different angles. She had been to parties but not in such clothes as she was least interested in attracting the opposite gender towards her. She was scared of another heartbreak, not that she was ever
30. Did you bring it for me? With the winds turning romantically slow and chilly, Liam pulled the car by the side of a street some yards away from the restaurant. "Bro, this is not where you're having a dinner date with Arya, are you? Because…" Liam twisted his lips as it took everything in him to not open the door himself and pull his best friend out by the collars. But this guy had been a bothering pain in his ass since Liam called him for help. He was grateful Allister assisted him in choosing a nice wear that would make Arielle's eyes pop out, but he couldn't undo the fact that he was annoying him now. "This doesn't look like a place for a high-maintenance guy like you." Liam scoffed at his addition. "This is not the place where I am having a dinner date with Arya.""So, why wait here? Let's go to the restaurant you're supposed to meet her at." "I will," Liam forced a smile. He eyed the door behind Allister, "But you are getting down here before I drive to the venue." Every
31. You like to do it with strangers?! Arielle forgot to breathe. She stood frozen in his hold as his mouth gently sucked her skin. She could imagine his parted lips brushing on her collarbone sensuously in slomo. It left her jittery all over. She didn't want to fall into the heavy darkness of the feeling that engulfed her heart, but this feeling was enticing. Magical... And she didn't want to deprive herself of this pleasure. She let him turn her around to face himself and look into his eyes. His gaze was dark and intense. She could feel her heart rising up to her throat as he escalated his thick eyebrows. It made her remember he asked her a question and this silent behaviour of hers was doing anything but denying that direct claim he made. She pushed him away and stepped backwards, "Y-you must start behaving yourself now, Liam D'zire. I... I am committed to someone else." She looked here and there as she hoped the cool breeze would lessen down the heat in her cheeks. "That's no
32. Arielle disappeared!!! A thousand needles pricked her skin, making her face go numb under his gaze. He had complaints and unsaid emotions he failed to convey even the last time. Arielle had tried to unlock all of them and make him aware of her own agonies except that he refused.Her teeth chattered. She was feeling cold all of a sudden and completely bare under his gaze."Yes, Scott, is that true? That you like it hard and wild with strangers rather than your lovers?She opened her mouth to scoff. All that came out was a helpless mewl a baby kitty would cry. He sat on his toes, his eyes dark and liquid as a twisted smile she didn't think he could ever smile he smiled down at her. "You've said the same shit to me long back in college," He gritted between teeth. "I was so stupid and blindly in love with you that I believed you– only to have you go warm my fucking cousin's bed some days later."Arielle felt her stomach drop to her feet. Images that she had been suppressing all year
33. Recalling the past (a) Liam's POV I don't want to think about her but my mind automatically wanders back to her. My heart has been heavy since that night. Though I went back home, assuming that Arielle must have gone back to her apartment too, I was never at peace. I spent the night twisting and turning in my bed. I just wanted to know if she was okay. The ultimate cause of her misery was me and that is why I was feeling so low. That night I had promised to myself that the following morning the very first thing I would do was to go and confront her. To apologize to her and make her believe adding up to her vulnerability was the last thing I meant to do at that moment. It's just that I couldn't help. I had an impulse to hurt her with my words. Hurt her with my shoves. Heaving a sigh, I rang my R&D manager, Jay. He generally conducts research for improvement and recent trends for the development of our product, this time I handed him a completely different task. "Good after,
34. Recalling the past (b) Liam's POV (cont'd) I basically shared all my problems and feelings with her. It was only when my grandfather decided to be mean to me is where I could find the courage to tell her. Because two days before that Arielle had been grounded by her father and was slapped hard in the face for having a rose in her bag. It was mine. I had put it in her bag with a note that her father luckily didn't find except for the rose. Arielle was like the brightest star in my otherwise dark and aloof life. She radiated my days with her presence and made me feel wanted and loved. So when the problem as to who would become the next successor of my grandfather's flourishing business arose, I made sure to keep it and its smell away from Arielle. I was scared that if she breathed the issue then she would surely try to interfere. She didn't just love me, she also cherished me as if I was the best thing that had happened to her. But life is unpredictable. It got back at me in th
35. Heated argument and confessions Arielle's POVMy blood rushed wildly as Liam laid his hands on me and pulled me back. I feigned a gasp and flickered my eyes to show that I was petrified. I narrowed my eyes as if I didn't expect to find him there. "Liam?" I whispered, acting like I was amazed by his appearance but in truth, my heart did a little flip upon seeing him. I found myself oddly out of breath. The relief upon seeing swept over his face. A small smile burst on his otherwise twisting lips for a second before he composed his stern side. His shoulders tightened but the hold on my waist remained smoldering yet firm. "Where the hell have you been?" My belly clenched at his question. As if he doesn't know! I disappeared because he hurt me. His words felt like salt on a fresh burned wound that night. Obviously it was a plan as I wanted him to feel restless and feel the void, which he did. "Why do you care?" However, I looked away, trying to define my hurt as I let a mournful