Chapter 51Immediately he stepped out of the company, Xander who had been trailing after him, walked up to him, blocking his path. “Hey.” He said with a smirk on his lips.“Hey.” Liam replied, grasping his backpack more tightly than ever. He already knew what Xander wanted from him and so he was getting himself prepared for it. “Can we talk? The cafeteria.” “Uhm… is it urgent? I need to be somewhere as soon as possible. I'm sorry.” He said, trying to walk past him but Xander pulled him back. This time around, with a stern voice, he said, “Come with me now.” He didn't wait for Liam to even respond to him before he headed into the building and Liam had no choice but to follow him.Now sitting opposite each other in the cafeteria, a cup of coffee in front of them, Xander looked around for a while before focusing his attention on Liam who had been staring at him. “What do you think you did back there?” He asked with an icy tone. “I don't understand what you're driving at.” Liam repl
Chapter 52 For the next few minutes, the car was tension filled, no one talking to the other, just staring. While Naya was still pondering on the possibility of it, Wren was wondering what was going on. He was lost in the whole thing and the more he tried to wrap his head around it, the more difficult it was for him. “Ma'am I don't know why you are thinking in that direction but one thing for sure is, siblings tend to act this way most times.” He said breaking the silence in the car. Naya shot her head upwards only to turn around the next minute as she bit her bottom lips. “I guess Wren is right. I didn't get to feel this love as a child even from my family, let alone my cousins.” She muttered, her gaze outside the window as she stared at the hospital. “I understand.” She said and with a low sigh, pushed her phone inside her purse. “Let's proceed.” She said, trying to forget about how she felt. When Liam got to the ward, it took a while before he pushed the door in and even whe
Chapter 53Shocked by the question, Naya who had a smile on her face switched to a different expression entirely as she stared back at Rose who was waiting for her response. “Is it that difficult to answer?” Rose's voice made Naya snap her head upwards. Smiling nervously at her, she tilted her head to the side when her phone suddenly began to ring. Taking this as a cue, she took an excuse and then left the ward. Even after speaking with the caller, she didn't return to the ward immediately. She remained in the hallways, pacing to and fro with her hands clutching her gown. At intervals, she would look back at the ward only to return her gaze the next minute with a little sigh. “Seems like she doesn't like me just like her brother.” She muttered absentmindedly, almost bumping into the gurney that held a patient. “I'm sorry.” She apologized with her head bent to the ground but no one paid her any head since they were all in a hurry. Now leaning against the wall, she exhaled deeply,
Chapter 54“Ta-da, I'm back.” Liam said, poking his head through the door, alternating his gaze from one girl to the other. “Hey… I thought you got lost or something.” Rose said, smacking her lips as she leaned into her pillow, a bright smile etched on her face. Before Liam arrived, she wanted to engage Naya in a heartfelt conversation but he came along and then interrupted their discussion. “I had to wait for the drinks to get cold. Seems they just refilled the cooling van.” He said with a shrug, placing what he had got on the table before he went ahead to dispatch them. “Thank you.” Naya said after she received hers and Liam reacted with a nod. “Aren't you going to eat yours now? Nurse Lila would be here any moment from now to perform her routine check.” He said, poking Rose who was examining the bottle. “I wanted to check the percentage of caffeine.” She said, uncorking the bottle. The next minute, she was digging into her snacks with relish since it had been a while since sh
Chapter 55When he got to the doctor's office, after knocking on the door twice, he pushed the door in. “Good morning doc.” He said. Doctor Francis, who seemed busy with the patients' files that were on his table, immediately snapped his head up at his greetings with a bright smile on his lips.“I haven't seen you in forever, what's the issue? School work?” He asked, gesturing for him to take his seat. “Yeah.” Liam nodded, returning his smile. “Thank you for taking care of Rose. She's now in perfect health.”“Not in perfect health yet… she still has a little more to go. In between, I must commend her resilience.” “I want to ask about her discharge, when is it going to be?” “In two weeks.” He replied, pulling a file from his table. “That's fair, by then, she will be perfect.” He said with a broad grin. He was sincerely happy that she was going to get discharged soon, bringing to an end her confinement in bed and in the hospital. Rubbing his hands in a glee, he wanted to start neg
Chapter 56“Oh boy, how did you know we were here?” Jake asked with a chuckle as he walked up to him.“Bring him down.” Liam said through gritted teeth as he stared at his friend, Jake, that was suspended to the ceiling and was hanging upside down like a bat. “Why should I take instructions from you?” Leaning towards him, he grabbed his shoulder, digging his nails into them with a smile playing on his lips. “You think I was going to let go of you after making fun of me at the restaurant? Nah, I don't forgive easily.” He chuckled and the next minute, his hand was above his head in readiness to send them to Liam's face. Before he could make the attempt, Liam ducked, grabbed his hand and then twirled it so hard until he heard a cracking sound. “Are you alright?” Jake asked, only to earn himself a hit from a baseball bat. “What are you guys waiting for? Beat him up.” Jake yelled at his friends who immediately rushed towards Liam. One after the other, they tried to attack him but see
Chapter 57Tired from running around since the day began, Liam walked towards his bed and after allowing his backpack slid over his shoulder onto the ground he fell on the bed with a sigh and his eyes tightly shut only to hear the crashing sound from the living room.Wondering what might have gone wrong, he quickly pulled himself up and with a speed of lightning, he dashed out of the room, poking his head through the door.“Is everything alright?” He asked but he didn't get a response to his question. Pursing his lips, he began to look around in hopes to find clues to answer his questions when his eyes fell on the broken pieces of glass just in front of him.Without a word, he went to get the brush and dustpan and when he was done with this proceeded to go meet with Naya who had her hands wrapped around her body as she stared into space. “What is the issue, you seem to be bothered.” He said with a little voice, giving her a probing stare so she would say what the issue was but her li
Chapter 58Having no answer to his question, Naya was just staring back at him, her lips quivering as she tried to come up with an answer. That morning after he had rushed out, she was enraged and so her mind began to run haywire, cooking up different scenarios for her and when she could bear it anymore, she decided to follow after him. She was curious and wanted to find out what he was really up to. Seeing Liam's angry stare, she couldn't bring herself to give him a response because she feared it was going to skyrocket his anger to the point where he wouldn't be able to control himself anymore. Biting her lips she bent her head, “I'm sorry.” “I didn't ask for your apology. I just want to know your reasons… reasons why you decided to tail me. It's not as if I told a lie, right from the very beginning, I had been always transparent with you… seems like you're still having a hard time trusting me.” He said with a shrug. Still having her head bowed to the ground, Naya let out a sigh