Chapter One Hundred and Eight

Emma’s POV

“Emma, darling,” Liam’s mum greeted me as she hugged me and planted a kiss on my left cheek. “I absolutely missed you”.

“Good evening, Maria. I missed you too,” I greeted her back as we let go of each other. “How are you?”

“Much better now that you’re here,” she smiled.

“Oh, stop,” I blushed.

Maria had come to welcome me from the door, as opposed to Lilian, who usually does it. It’s almost as though she’d been waiting by the door in expectation of me.

She’s so cute.

“Come on in, dear. Liam is in the living room waiting for you. He got here about five minutes ago, so we were just waiting for you to get dinner started.

“Oh I’m sorry to have kept you all waiting,” I apologized as we walked toward the living room.

“Oh nonsense. You did not keep us waiting at all. I said eighth o’clock and it’s barely seven fifty yet. You’re right on time, darling. Don’t worry about it,” she smiled.

We had gotten to the living room and sure enough, Liam was there. Right next to him, Mr.