Chapter 7

“He is good to me Seirra.Its just that he is too cold to others”Liana says putting on a gentle smile .

Seirra snorts and rolls her eyes .

“Enough, you dont have to explain for your beloved husband ,lady . I have eyes and i can see just fine .“Seirra says sarcastically with a tight smile .

Liana sighs and smiles sadly .

“Why did you get sick suddenly?You look so thin .Are they mistreating you babe?”Seirra asks inspecting Liana’s arms as if searching for some sort of prove of abuse .

Liana chuckles and shakes her head “No silly,i just had fever .Nothing serious.”

Though she feels guilty in her heart for lying to her best friend,she doesn’t want her to worry .

More specifically,she doesn’t want her family to worry .

Even though,its been a few years since she left her family and lost contact with them , she knows that they get in touch with Seirra regularly to ask about her .

“You dont have any fever now , seems like the fever went down . Do you want something babe?”Seirra asks after checking Liana’s forehead.

Hearing her,Liana notices the dryness in her throat.

“Can you bring me some warm water?”Liana asks

“Sure!I will be back in two minutes!”Seirra says before getting up and heading out of the room to get water .

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After completing the discharge procedures and taking medicines,Nash heads to Liana’s room .

He stops at the door,hearing the sound of laughter.Pecking through the glass ,he sees Liana laughing and chatting happily with her friend.

“She looks so..happy and free . Different from the usual forced obedience and tight lipped smiles . She looks genuinely happy “Nash thinks, lost in her face .

Its one of the few times he has seen Liana smile like this .

And coincidentally all of those times were with Seirra . She only smiled like this in front of him once , on their wedding day .

A bitter and ugly feeling surges in Nash’s heart seeing her smile so freely with Seirra .

“Tskk!She keeps up the appearance of a nun with me but she is so happy with her friend “

Nash bursts into the room , closing the door with a loud bang ,feeling sour and grumpy .

Liana and Seirra are scared from the sudden loud bang and stop talking .

“Dude,whats wrong with you?Can’t you close the door properly?”Seirra asks glaring at Nash .

Nash glare back at her like a child “Can’t “

Liana frowns looking at Nash .

“He seems upset,i wonder whats wrong”She thinks looking at his furrowed brows and raging eyes .

“Dont you have work to do?Why are you wasting your time here?”Nash asks sitting beside Liana .

“Huh,i am never busy for my friend,unlike someone else”Seirra says scoffing.

Her words as clear as day who she is indicating to .

Liana coughs and grabs Nash’s hand .

These two will end up fighting if i dont interfere now .

“When can i go home?”Liana asks looking at Nash gently .

Seirra makes a disgusted face from the side , eyeing Nash up and down , not understanding what her friend saw in this cold man .

Sure he is handsome but thats it .

Nothing else is good about him .

The raging feeling starts to subside as he feels Liana’s hand on his .

He interlocks their fingers together before kissing her hand .

Liana’s heart skips a beat seeing him kiss her hand . A sudden warmth fills her heart and she gets butterflies in her stomach.

Heat creeps up to her cheeks as she smiles shyly and looks down to hide her embarrassment .

“He has never done this…whats up with him now?”

“Whatever it is , i just hope he starts to open up to me “Liana thinks looking up at him through her long eyelashes.

“I have completed the discharge procedures . We can go home now if you want “Nash says looking at Liana .

“I should take a few days off and stay with her .”Nash thinks glancing at her weak body .“Just to make sure she is okay . Yeah , just to make sure , nothing else .”

Liana hesitates for a few seconds, she really doesn’t want to go back in that house again .

She is scared of that room now . There was no one to hear her cry and yell of helps when she was locked up in there and forced to be in dark .

A shiver goes through her body thinking of the dark , cold nights when she was too scared to even lift her head .

She has always been scared of dark .

"“Lets go home then”Liana says with much difficulty , knowing full well that Nash prefers to stay with his family .

More specifically, she knows that he won’t make an exception for her . He never did .

Even though it hurts , she won’t accept it .

“Are you okay Lia?Why are you shivering and getting goosebumps?”Seirra asks covering her with the quilt.

“I am fine , just feeling a little cold .”Liana says pulling her lips in a tight smile .

“I have already taken the medicines,lets go then “Nash says

“I have to change my clothes first “Liana says looking down at the hospital gown on her body .

“I will help you change ,babe”Seirra says getting up

Nash frowns hearing her

“I think you should get going now Mrs.Kent.I can help my wife change her clothes.”Nash says looking at her with hostility.

Seirra frowns unhappily,glaring at him but Liana’s pleading eyes make her swallow her retort.

“Fine, i will get going . Babe,remember to call me later okay?”Seirra says getting up reluctantly with her purse .

Liana nods and watches as her friend leaves .

An awkward silence surrounds them after Seirra leaves .

“Where are your clothes?”Nash asks getting up .

Liana looks at him with surprise and confusion “I dont know ,i just woke up sometime ago .”

Realisation hits Nash that she was unconscious since last night .

Nodding he looks around the room and finds a bag .

Taking out a set of clothes from the bag , he hands them to Liana .

Liana takes her clothes from him and looks at him silently , waiting for him to go out .

“Why isn’t he going out?”

“What?”Nash asks seeing Liana looking at him like a curious cat .

“Aren’t you going out?”Liana asks laughing awkwardly.

“Why would i?”Nash asks sitting down besides her again .

“I-I am going to change my clothes “Liana says flustered from his heated gaze and closeness .