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The Ingenious Liam Price 103: More Than A Butler
'We should go eat,' Big Tony signed at Liam."I'm not hungry," Liam responded with a sigh.'Still, you need something in your stomach…you'll be tired by tomorrow.' Big Tony stated the obvious, upon seeing how exhausted Liam already looked."Just go away, Tony." Liam waved him off, clearly not in the mood to talk.Big Tony walked until he was standing in front of Liam. He knew he couldn't leave just like that when his boss needed someone by his side."What are you doing, do you want to fight me or something?" Liam finally looked at him, wondering why he was in his front like that. Big Tony could be stubborn at times and did things of his own will.'Your face does look punchable but then you're my boss and I can't hit you.' Big Tony signed.Liam scoffed to himself and put his hand over his mouth as he looked at Big Tony. The man was acting like the big brother and friend he never had. None of his employees had spoken this way to him before."You're really persistent, aren't you?" Liam a
The Ingenious Liam Price 104: Losing Her
After handing the man over to the cops, Liam and Big Tony went back to the hospital, where they found doctors and nurses outside Avery's ward, looking completely perplexed as if something happened.Without asking any questions, Liam rushed into Avery's ward and found the bed empty, even her breathing tube was on the floor.Big Tony came in as well and stiffened when he saw the patient's bed empty with the patient kissing.Liam's heart dropped in his stomach as he rushed out."What's going on, where is she?" Liam was almost out of breath when he questioned the doctor."While you two were away, someone came under a disguise as me and took the patient out of her ward," Doctor Wesley even felt ashamed as he broke the news to Liam."What do you mean by that?" Liam neared the doctor's side, wanting the man to repeat what he just said."Someone just kidnapped the patient." Liam paused for a moment to let his brain properly align what he just heard from the doctor's mouth.Was this some sort
The Ingenious Liam Price 105: Offering Money
It was 4:55 AM when Liam received a text message from an unknown sender. He hadn't even slept a wink since Avery was kidnapped last night. It was impossible for him to fall asleep upon knowing someone was out there, suffering all for his sake. Someone who was still with fresh bullet wounds.After reading through the text message, he slipped his phone back into his pocket and clenched his fists so hard until they cracked. It was Avery's kidnapper who texted him their location and asked him to meet them at a seashore, or they'd drown her body.Things were getting even worse, Liam feared that they had already killed her and were just playing games with him because they wanted to kill him too.He had never been in such a tight position before. It felt like he was close to meeting his downfall, after all, the nightmare which haunted him was manifesting in a different way. Because Sinclair switched off his phone and Liam didn't want anyone else to suffer for his sake, he just left witho
The Ingenious Liam Price 106: Free
"You're quite powerless now, aren't you? Trying to bribe your way past death," However, the gang leader's eyes betrayed him."Hundred million dollars." Liam topped it with another fifty million."Fuck," someone was alarmed enough to curse. Because they were paid just five hundred thousand dollars and here, Liam Price was offering them a whooping Hundred million dollars? It felt too good to be true."Let us go," Liam's voice was firm as he pointed at Avery, "she needs proper treatment from the bullet wounds you gave her yesterday.""We were only following instructions, some of us have families to feed." Said the oldest."Thirty-three million, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars for each person, and then you can stop working for Hunter Gail.""How can we tell if this isn't a joke and you called the cops on us," the leader asked."No one knows I'm here," Liam said and it wasn't even a lie."We can't trust you enough to believe you're saying the truth," the second man chipped in."
The Ingenious Liam Price 107: Upset
Stevie-Lou tried to reach out to Liam once more but it was to no avail. Something which was utterly upsetting because he never acted this way until yesterday.His phone kept going on voicemail and it seemed as though he was ignoring her, so she went straight to the Price Enterprise at noon, clad in her warehouse uniform.She was determined to meet with him whether he liked it or not because she felt he had no right to treat her that way when she cared deeply for him.It was Big Tony who came out to meet her when she showed up at his office.'Where is your boss?' Stevie-Lou was too upset to speak so she made use of sign language instead.'He's too busy at the moment, he can't see anyone,' Big Tony signed back. But it seemed as though he knew something she didn't.'Why has he been avoiding me, it's giving me the wrong impression about him.' Stevie-Lou signed, hoping for an honest answer from Big Tony. 'Something came up.''I need to speak with him, it's important.''Then you should wai
The Ingenious Liam Price 108: To Their Rescue
Unedited (Will Be fixed Within Twenty-four hours)Beatrice and her siblings had been away from home right from the day they learned the truth about their mother and Hunter.And right after they figured Liam wasn't their brother and they weren't Brandon Price's children.It hurt to even think about it since the grew up lovinh Brandon, and took him as their father. Hunter was only seen as their uncle and nothing more. They were respectful towards him but didn't like to be around him that much since they were fooled that he was their mother's elder brother.They had moved into the suburbs to get way from all the drama and Arthur's game was in the days, where he would represent their country at the finals. But he was already broken so he couldn't even go.Life was hard for them there, Beatrice came up with the decision not to touch the money left in their accounts since it never belonged to them anyway, Brandon Price wasn't their father and they weren't his children.So they lived on canne
The Ingenious Liam Price 109: Who He Fears
Unedited (Will Be Fixed Within twenty-four hours)The kids were taken to the beach house because Liam doubted they would want to stay at his house. He wasn't even around to show his face because he had a feeling it would not settle well with Arthur and mostly Georgie, so he stayed away and put servants at their beck and call for the meantime.Because they truly needed his help, little Georgie wouldn't just text him of things hadn't gotten unbearable for them, his older siblings were alreay feeling too guilty to ask for help, upon knowing their parents cause him so much distress. But Georgie was smart, didn't want to hold on to it.Liam knew was supposed to avoid them and cut off all ties with them because their father, Hunter Gail was after his life. Still Hunter Gail was the reason Avery Duffer was at the hospital, sent some men to kill him for twice within the space of eight hours.But when Georgie texted Liam and told him about their situation, he felt touched, knew he couldn't let
The Ingenious Liam Price 110: Triple M
Triple M was the man Liam thought was his father when his mom was still alive.It was too much for him to take at the moment, it felt like old wounds had been dug up to haunt him.Both he and Emily knew him right before they could even walk because he had always been around. They grew up with Tripple M in the same house, and even called him their father until he was arrested and locked up in jail.He was the abusive type and broke their mom's head with a bottle when she refused to give him money out of her earnings. There was a time he even punched her so hard in the face that her front tooth fell out.Liam was four when this happened but he could still remember it.And so much more happened that he couldn't even recall. The man was worse than the devil, yet their mother could let him stay with her and treat her as he wanted. She was his punching bag when he had mood swings.The man was a brute, made their lives hell and their mom who was alive at that time, still let him come around.
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188: The End Or A New Beginning?
Three months later."It's a boy," Liam was trying to keep a straight face but he was woefully failing at it."And?" Avery raised a brow as she put some documents aside. She was in her office and Liam just bursted in without even knocking."We did genetic testing and it turns out that he's truly mine," he told the truth at last and fist-pumped the air in excitement."That's great news, Liam. Congratulations," Avery offered Liam a genuine smile but she still remained in her sitting position."It's still incredulous that I have a son," Liam put his hands on his waist and stared at the ceiling."It feels surreal, right?" Avery asked."He was so tiny that I was afraid he'd fall from my arms," Liam blurted out."And the mother, how is she?" Avery swiftly changed the topic."Chloe is still on treatment, she delivered the child through CS," Liam informed her."She needs a lot of rest, it wasn't easy at all," Avery finally left her seat and went to stand beside Liam."I wish it wasn't her but
187: Justice
It was sort of hard to leave the Cabin when Avery immediately passed out right after Liam embraced her. And there was Stevie-Lou, who couldn't even walk because of the bullet wound she had. It was completely dark outside, almost past 9 PM and Liam could still hear the sirens from afar. Quickly, he put an unconscious Avery on his back before going over to the other room to check up on Stevie-Lou.She was sitting on the floor, her face was dried with tears and her leg was still bleeding."It's all over, Stevie, I'll get you out of here," Liam said softly but Stevie-Lou couldn't even look at him.Liam put Avery on the floor before hurrying to Stevie-Lou's side so he could cut off the ropes from her body since she was tied to a chair as well."I am so sorry, Liam. It's all my fault," She apologized when Liam finally cut off the last of the ropes, and it was obvious that she felt guilty over luring him there."No, don't apologize. Nothing is your fault," Liam didn't mind. At that moment
186: Ticking Time Bomb
"Shit, shit, shit!" Liam swore out loud because he was trying as much as he could to free himself from the ropes, but he could not. He had been trying for the past two minutes and the time bomb on Avery's body was reading 5:22 seconds. And Avery was still unconscious."Avery, wake up!" Liam called out to her.Still nothing. She was unmoving, still in the exact position she was left, while the bomb was still ticking."Wake up, please. You can't die this way. We need to get the bomb from your body. If anyone deserves to live then it's you." The whole room was already smelling like death.And Liam could hear Stevie-lou's sobs from the other room.This was worse than he ever thought.His enemies tricked him, made him sign all his fortune to them and then they ran away, leaving him to die along with the two women who mattered to him.Liam let out a shuddered breath when Avery began stirring until she flicked her eyes open."Avery, can you hear me?" Liam called out to her while she stared
185: Enemies Won?
"Hello, Liam. We have a little surprise for you," Hunter returned with a smirk and then he rubbed his hands together as if he just did a job well done."Where's Avery, what have you done to her?" Liam couldn't help but ask because his heart was already quaking in his chest from the fear of losing Avery."You should see for yourself, don't you think?" Hunter still had his smirk resting on his face.And at this, Liam took a rough gulp. Afraid that they had killed Avery Duffer.Gibson and Ted Price returned, and they didn't untie Liam from the chair, afraid if they did, he would gain the strength to fight back. So they just carried him along with the chair and took him into another room in the cabin.And the sight that greeted Liam would have sent him to his feet if he wasn't already tied to the chair.Avery was still unconscious and she had a ticking time bomb to her body."What have you done!?" Liam was already trembling in his seat, he could feel his heart rising to his throat. "Hurr
184: The Fight
Four hours ago…Avery knew something was up with the way Liam left without paying any attention to her. Normally, he always noticed her but this time he did not. He even ignored her when she called out to him, and it was rather strange.She was about to hop into her car to trail after him when she saw Gibson, the traitor approaching her."Hello there, Avery Duffer," Gibson offered her a little smile as he stopped in front of her and put his hands right behind him.Avery waited for Liam to drive off before she turned to Gibson."You," she sneered at him."Come on now, you can't say you hate me because of what happened," Gibson cast her an innocent look."Your audacity is stinky, sir," Avery insulted, with her eyes showing him how much she was upset with him.And the man chuckled, clearly amused by the way she just spoke to him."How dare you show up here and act like it's not a big deal to betray Liam?" Avery gritted out as she covered the distance between them. He was taller, old enou
183: Torture (II)
They hit Liam with whatever they could find and beat him black and blue until his face was battered and his vision was blurry."We'll only let you live on one condition," panted Hunter as he wiped his bloodied fist on his shirt.Liam's face was already swollen enough that his voice sounded groggy when he tried to speak."Sign these papers and pass out all your inheritance to us, and then we'll let you go without killing you," said Charlotte."And of course the gold, you need to give us the gold," Hunter added.Liam's head fell to his side, he was in so much pain that it hurt to even stay awake."Speak up now or you'll be gone in a matter of seconds," Hunter cocked his gun and aimed it at Liam.And this reminded him of the nightmare he had on two occasions. The one where he dreamt about his downfall and death, and it generated panic attacks which he never had.The nightmare was manifesting itself, even though the people whom he found in the dream weren't complete.Even though it was ju
182: Torture (I)
Liam got in the direction Stevie-Lou had texted him. It was in a remote area, a place that he had never been to before. He wasn't scared, that was the main reason he went alone because he aimed to rescue Stevie-Lou from his cousin. He stopped his car and took the footwalk until he got to the cabin.Liam could feel his heart hammering in his chest as he stared at the cabin.Why on earth would Ted kidnap Stevie-Lou and hurt her? But then again, obsession was a dangerous thing, because it could be that he was mad at Stevie-Lou for ditching him at the wedding and running away with Liam. And then he found out a few weeks later that she was dating Liam. So it hurt him, but that was about four months ago.Liam clenched his jaw as he made his way to the cabin. He didn't know what was waiting for him there, but he knew he could risk it all for Stevie-Lou. She didn't deserve to get hurt, after being through so much in the past months. Indeed, Liam still cared deeply for her. That was why when
181: Luring Liam To A Trap
'Liam?' Stevie-Lou's shaky and tearful voice sounded from the other end of the phone."Stevie?" Liam could barely believe that she picked up her phone to call him. Unbeknownst of her situation.'A-a-are you alone?' She sounded as if she was in so much pain."Yes, Stevie. What's wrong? Are you hurt anywhere?" Liam was genuinely worried for her sake because he still cared for her.I was kidnapped by Ted Price, he lured me into his trap, claiming it was you who wanted to see me. And when I went there, he shot me in the leg and locked me up in this cabin,' Stevie-Lou explained while sobbing."Christ!" Liam swore out loud as he jumped to his feet.'He shot me in the leg, Liam,' she continued."Ted shot you?" Liam could feel his breathing growing deep.'Yes, so I wouldn't run away. And then he left me out here to suffer,''Can you give me a description of this place, so I can come to your rescue?' It was taking everything within Liam to not panic.'I'm afraid if you come with the police, he
180: Stevie-Lou In Danger
Stevie-Lou and Jake were filling up their stuff in boxes, they were to leave town the following morning, since Stevie-Lou managed to secure a job out of the city and she wanted to relocate as fast as possible. She was still upset over her break-up with Liam since she still cared deeply for him.It hurt that she was still affectionate towards him but they could not be together. Liam had way too much going on in his life and she couldn't cope. Nor would she go back to Ted Price who had numerous baby Mamas and kids all over the place.Still, she had this one last urge to see Liam, to hug and bid him goodbye before cutting off from him entirely and starting life afresh. They went through a whole lot together.Starting from when she saved his life when he was getting kidnapped. Fast-forward to the time she showed up at his house so she could take permission from him, before putting his story out.How Liam had dressed up as clumsy Thomas just so he could get close to her. He even bought her
