Chapter 1678

Liam froze, as though he had not expected to be asked such a question, but when he caught sight of the crestfallen expression on Celena's face, he shook his head fervently and explained, "No, darling, listen to me. I didn't lie to you. You have to believe me…"

He was cut off, however, by Cheryl, who snorted and snapped, "Liam, how dare you deny it? The colonel has already phoned the Pendragon War Zone to verify this, and it's been proven that no such position exists!"

Celena stared at Liam with tearful eyes and whimpered, "Liam, are you truly a veteran? Have you been lying to me all this while?"

Liam shook his head and tried even harder to explain, "No, Celena, I didn't lie to you. You have to trust me…"

The colonel, upon hearing the Stones' assent that this was the man who had started this entire misunderstanding in the first place, approached Liam, eager to punish the culprit for his sheer audacity to impersonate a soldier. "So you are the one who impersonated a war veteran from