The bathroom door opened and Liam came out wiping his hair, wearing only a towel tied around his waist.
Nora was caught by surprise, and her mouth fell wide open.
Her gaze landed on his firm and muscular chest.
His muscles were neither outrageously built nor too thin. Just right.
Water droplets slid down his clearly defined- six-pack.
His sexy Apollo belt from the sides of his waist extended down towards the towel.
Liam saw the girl staring at him with bright eyes from the mirror and his lips turned upward.
Dazed, Nora lifted her eyes to look at him.
As he had just washed up, his face looked more handsome and well-defined.Without turning around, he glanced at her smitten expression and asked. “Are you done staring?”
Nora was snapped back to her senses, and she immediately covered her face with her hands. “You, you, how can you roam around naked in the house?”
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Another night, another trouble at the Heavenly Pavillion. Liam unlocked the door and entered the room. The entire bedroom was covered in darkness. Keeping the keys on the table, he switched on the lights and was shocked to see the mess in front of him. Pillows, covers, clothes, papers littered around the room. Was his room under theft? Liam walked around carefully in order to avoid tripping. He searched for the perpetrator, only to find her sprawled on the giant beanbag chair on the balcony. There were a few empty and unopened liquor bottles on her sides. Looking at the shadow, Nora looked over. Her eyes twinkle under the light. She let out a gasp. So handsome! She tilted her head to the side and asked flirtatiously. “Beauty, how much do you charge per night?” Liam stopped in his tracks, and his face darkened. Did she freaking take him for an escort?
That night in the bar, Sean had asked him. “Do you love her?” The answer he gave him was silence. At that moment, he didn’t know what love meant. Before he met her, he felt lonely. His life only revolved around eating, sleeping, and rebelling against his father. But after she came into his life, he found a reason to live. He loved to tease her, watch her speak endlessly about things she loved. Holding her in his arms was the source of warmth to his heart. He loved it when she would get worked up, even at the tiniest thing. Life was not that boring anymore! She had become his only salvation. But then, he had to fuck up. He knew he had an illness beyond cure and would never be able to give her a complete version of himself. He also knew that perhaps after everything he’d done to her, she would never accept him. Despite everything, he selfishly wa
“The number you have dialed is now busy please try again later.” Came the mechanical voice from the receiver. Nora looked at the black screen, her body turning chilly. From the time she has been at Liam’s, her brother hadn’t called or messaged her. Initially, she thought he was as usual busy with work and hence didn’t contact her. But now, she couldn’t stop her thoughts from wandering. Forget about him, even his secretary didn’t bother to leave a message on his behalf for her. If not for the updates she received in the family group chat, she would have definitely assumed that he met with some problems. Although she wanted to believe him, the words Liam told her the other day never once stopped playing in her mind. If her brother really cared about her, why wouldn’t he answer her calls? Was he really that busy to even drop a message? He had promised her he would come home du
The night was long, and the torture inside the room never seemed to die. Two hours. For two whole hours, Nora watched him get beaten up in front of her eyes. The guards inhumanly tortured him and did not care if he lived or not. Her gut tightened at the gruesome sight, her breathing becoming rapid. She felt helpless, for not being able to do anything for him. Watching how a sharp blade was stabbed in his shoulder, the brass knuckles pierced his chest. She silently watched him go through the agonizing pain and finally pass out when he could no longer hold it. “Enough.” Ryan stopped his men, and the guards backed off. He walked in front of Liam, who lay on the floor, and sneered at his bloody face. Turning around, he had just lifted his leg when he landed a heavy kick on Liam’s chest without a warning. “Son of a bastard.” he spat. Nora stopped crying and looked at Ryan
“In fact, I already know what happened between you two in the school the other day. It was his second personality active in the body and when you accidentally kissed him, it triggered his anger.” Nora’s eyelashes trembled. She could not believe there was so much she was unaware of. She really found it hard to believe that Liam not only had a bipolar disorder but also such a severe mental illness. He was handsome, a genius prodigy, and admired by many. He was a real winner in life. How could such a proud and willful person like him have such a serious mental illness? Life would really play a cruel joke on you sometimes. When it gives you something, it also takes a lot in return. “What about his family? Why would his father hurt him?” Nora asked. “Apparently, when Liam and his twin brother Aaron were born, a monk had foretold their future. According to him, Liam was a jinx who would cause the downfa
Trigger warning: The following chapter contains violence and self-harm. Read at your own risk. Liam was six years old when his father caught his mother in an affair. When his parents confronted each other, they admitted they had a frequent change of bed partners outside. That was when his life had taken a turn for the worst and he knew things would never be as before again. His family, which once used to be harmonious, was broken apart. When he was fourteen, he fell in love with a girl. She was beautiful, had a shapely figure, and was a tremendously vital person. She was honest and very good at adapting. Just like his type. However, one fine day, he received an anonymous message that asked him to go to a hotel room. After he entered the hotel room, the said girlfriend, who was too shy to even hold hands with him, was
Opening his eyes, the first thing that entered his line of sight was Nora’s beautiful, sleeping face. She had stayed up all night to look after him and had only slept at the dawn, tiredness apparent on her face. His eyes fell on his hand, which was held tightly under hers. He stared at her blankly while self-realizing. He knew he could not go on like this. Life could not go on like this. If he wanted to give her a home, he needed to fight off his demons. If he wanted to have a future with her, he couldn’t continue to fall weak. What happened yesterday would certainly happen tomorrow. He had decided to spend the rest of his life with her and once his father gets wind of it, he would spare no means to come after her. Nora was his bottom line. If he couldn’t even protect the person he wanted to protect, then he had wasted h
Nora sauntered towards the door sleepily, her eyes half-closed, and opened the door. The person at the other sized her up in disdain. She was dressed in her pajamas, her hair all messed up, and still half asleep. The person was rather familiar with her and had expected her to be something like this. Sure enough, Nora never disappointed him. He stretched out his hand and rubbed her head forcefully. “Wake up, you sleepyhead.” Nora saw stars after being moved in this way but froze when she heard the voice. She slapped the hand that was still messing with her hair and covered her mouth in shock. “No way.” She murmured. She rubbed her eyes vigorously to make sure she wasn’t seeing things right. The man shook his head and did not humor her. He purposefully bumped into her shoulder and welcomed himself, rolling his luggage inside. He made