Semua Bab She Has Time for Everyone but Us: Bab 11 - Bab 18

Third-Person POVClara went with Liam to the hotel, helped him check in, and stayed for dinner. They sat by the window talking about the next few days, and the whole thing felt easy and natural.In a far corner of the restaurant, Pierce stood in a cheap knockoff coat, holding up his phone to take pictures of the two of them. A vicious grin spread across his face as he snapped the shot."Well, well, well, Liam Morrison. Living the good life, aren't you?" he muttered through clenched teeth, pocketing his phone and practically running home. A year's worth of resentment had finally found an outlet.Gwen had barely walked through the door when Pierce came charging at her, waving his phone in the air."Gwen, look at this!" He shoved the screen right in her face.In the photo, Liam was wearing a tailored cashmere coat, polished and put together, smiling like he didn't have a care in the world. Clara walked beside him, poised and elegant. Behind them was the most exclusive five-star hote

Liam's POVAn hour later, deep inside the cemetery, I had just reached Andy's headstone when I spotted a familiar figure.Gwen's eyes lit up the moment she saw me. "Liam…"She took a step forward. Clara moved in front of me, her gaze sweeping over Gwen with a quiet, cutting authority.Gwen's fists clenched and a flash of anger crossed her face, but when she looked at me, she forced it down and replaced it with something careful and almost pleading."Liam, I've been looking everywhere for you." Her voice was rough, and she held out what she was carrying."Look, I bought gifts for Andy. He used to love model cars, remember? And I got him action figures too."I stopped and looked at the brand new toys piled in front of the headstone, then let out a cold, quiet laugh.Gwen must have thought I was moved, because she started wringing her hands, her eyes full of hope.I didn't touch any of it. I just looked at her. "Andy didn't like any of that."The smile on her face froze. "H-he d

Liam's POVClara walked up to me, her tone even. "Liam, I had someone run a background check on her."She paused, then continued with a trace of mockery. "Pierce is the old chairman's illegitimate son, the one nobody was supposed to know about. The chairman is getting on in years with no legitimate heir, so he's been scrambling to find a successor."But Pierce has no credibility and no ability to run a company, so to appease him and keep the rest of the family in line, the chairman handed him this branch. Since Pierce can't manage it himself, they made Gwen vice president, though she'll actually be running the place."I wasn't surprised in the slightest. All I felt was the absurd satisfaction of watching the last piece fall into place.Clara continued, "But that's only temporary. What the chairman really cares about right now is the baby Gwen is supposedly carrying."I looked up sharply. The memory from the hospital corridor flashed through my mind—Gwen begging that pregnant woma

Third-Person POVFranklin waved his hand, and two bodyguards stepped forward to haul Gwen and Pierce away.Pierce thrashed and screamed, "Dad, I'm your son! Gwen is carrying your grandchild! You can't do this!"Franklin stopped and turned. Those old eyes, sharp despite his age, cut through Pierce like ice. "A grandchild? Do you take me for a fool?"He let out a cold laugh. "I'm not that far gone. You'd stoop to a scheme this pathetic just to claw your way up? If it weren't for the fact that you share my blood and that your mother begged me on her knees to acknowledge you, you'd already be in prison for embezzlement."Gwen and Pierce went as white as sheets. They were thrown out of the building without an ounce of ceremony.…Late that night, Gwen lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, her eyes empty. The bitterness gnawed at her from the inside.She thought about before, when Liam was still there and Andy still called her "Mom" in that soft little voice. The house hadn't been