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Author: Wunmi Ijaola
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Eve's POV

The doctor assured us that my father will be well taken care of and he told us to leave since there's something we needed to attend to ~ like work. He promised to inform me whenever it's time to discharged my Dad, nevertheless; we could still check up on him. Which I'm definitely gonna do.

Liam drove the two of us to the office and he wouldn't stop smiling while I was nervous about what's gonna happen to us ~ regarding the stepmom and son stuff..

"Yes, I like you too and I'll let it remain like that " I said; yeah the least we can do is to let it remain at the point of 'Like', we can also lie to ourselves that the feelings we are having is a mere family bond.

"Wanna know why I am so happy?" He asked me instead..

"Why?" I murmured.

"Because I fell in love again shortly after Clara left me" He responded.

What? Love?

I cleared my throat nervously and rested my head on the car window.

"I know what you're thinking" He said, I sighed and looked at him
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