All Chapters of Liam (Book 2): Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"You and Liam are now engaged." Those words have been wrapped around my brain for weeks now. "Lily...Lily!" I jumped at the sound of Nicky Peters taking me away from my thoughts as he poured orange juice into my half-empty glass. "Are you okay, honey-bunch?" he asked in concern. Nicky Peters, aka Nicholas Greene. Before meeting my other Dad, Nicky was a baseball player for the Colorado Spring Sox and one of the best. He told me his Dad made him play to be a man, but all my Dad wanted to do was make colorful clothing and make-up. He played baseball until he was in high school, but during that time, he joined beauty pageants when he finally came out. His Dad was unhappy once he found all the dresses and costumes and kicked him out. With the money, he saved enough to travel to Long Beach, where he works as a hairstylist in a salon. The ladies love him not because he is a handsome man but because he is straightforward to get along with, and they enjoy his company. He had one regular

Once I shut the door, I could hear my Dad crying, which made me sigh a bit from his exaggerating sensitivity to things that make him cry. On my eighteen birthday, he called, making the whole dinner party awkward. I was surprised Effie didn't mind; she seemed calm when my Dad would whimper each time he asked her a question. Sometimes he does that, like when pregnant women are emotional because it is crazy. I wonder if I get pregnant and act like that. I'll completely understand the challenges of a new mother. I know Athena, Effie's older sister, and she's only two months pregnant, and a bit of her belly is showing. I'm so excited for her; she is carrying a child with her boyfriend, Rex, whom she loves very much. I know Effie and Ares, their brother, can't wait for their niece or nephew to arrive. Effie has told me they are combining the houses into one, so it would be easier than just walking from house to house. I mean, they were practically going to be a family soon. Hence Effie is

I took a step back only to hit the bed I was in, turned around to have my feet get caught by the edge of the bed, and fell face first. "Shit," I hiss. I heard a moment as I stayed on the floor, wishing I was invisible, but it was too late once I listened to his voice. "Lily?" Words left me as I stayed on the floor and put in a sour face that I'd been caught. After hearing his prince-like voice, I rose off the ground and felt a sharp pain in my ankle. Fuck! I got a sprung ankle. "What are you doing here?" Was that all he had to ask? This is a fucking nurse's office, not your room, so that anyone could be here. I didn't say a word; I didn't want to turn around. I always knew he would be with some other chick but catching him having sex with another female student. I shouldn't be surprised. It's Liam, after all. He and Logan may be twins, but their personality trait is off. I grabbed my bag off the bed and stepped, only to hiss from the hard pressure point on my right ankle. "D

Effie slowly rose. I grabbed her hand quickly before she stormed out and cried out. "Effie, don't!""Liam has just crossed the line," she bellowed. "I can not believe...the nerve of that guy."I watched her chest rise and fall, angry and upset simultaneously. "Effie, Effie," I pulled her back on the bed. "It's okay.""No, it's not okay." She yelled but not at me. She's crying because of Liam. "How can my grandfather agree with him? How could he-""Odin gave five days for his lawyer to talk to my grandparents," I said. "There are two days left, and I have not heard a word from them.""What is my grandpa thinking?" She exhaled and grunted. "I don't even know how he knew you like Liam.""Wait, you didn't tell him?" I arch a brow."No, I was in my room the whole time and with Logan, as we...okay, I'm going to say it - have sex."Now both of my brows shot straight up."Yeah, that day we finally did it." She sounded proud and happy."Well, if you didn't tell him, then who did?" I asked with

So, I called her and stood from my chair facing the wall. "Hello?" I could hear myself croak, so I cleared my throat and repeated. "Hello, Nani?" She told me to call her that when we first met each other. The term means grandmother in India, and she wanted me to be affectionate towards her."I assumed you know why I had you call me at this hour?" Seema's voice was stern and angry, although she calmly answered and gave me a chill.I thought grandparents were supposed to be loving and hug all the time like Grandma Birdie, but Seema and Birdie are the total opposite of each other. It is how they were raised differently."Yes, Nani.""How on earth are you engaged to another man?" Her voice squealed like a pig. High tone. "It doesn't make sense that some other man claims to be your fiancé and works for Odin King. How do you know him?""Odin King happens to be Effie's grandfather," I said to her."I can not believe all this," she scowled on the other end. Then I heard you speak her dialect