LIAM’S POV:I received a call from the station that Ava lost her life while engaging in a fistfight with her cellmates who seemed to have beat the life out of her.We were then asked to contact her relatives to come and bury her body.I didn't feel any ounce of pity for her. Serves her right for betraying Mia and trying to make her lose her baby.I told Mia what the officers said about Ava and I could see a tiny bit of pity reflect on her face, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared.“That's good,” she said trying to sound less concerned but I could see that her mood had changed. She looked a little down.“Mia, are you okay?” I asked her.“Do I look like I'm not okay? I'm okay of course,” she said with a shrug.“I'm just wondering if you were affected by the news that I just relayed,” I said feeling concerned.“I'm not affected at all, in fact, I'm the happiest girl on earth right now,” she said with a smile which I think was forced.“You sure?” I asked with narrowed eyes.“Yeah. S
LIAM’S POV:I stilled in shock as I saw the last person I expected to see on my doorstep again.“Riley?” I uttered still in shock of what she was doing here.“Good to see you again Liam,” she said with a smile that I found charming before.“What are you doing here?” I asked, looking surprised as I accessed her from head to toe. She was slutily dressed looking like she just came out from a brothel. Looks like she is finally free from pretending to be someone she's not all in the name of marriage.“Like what you see?” she asked. Looks like she caught me staring.I quickly cleared my throat as I put on a serious face.“That doesn't change my question, Riley,” I said as a cover-up before she got the wrong idea.“You won't even usher me in,” she said as she forced her way through the door as she walked into the living area.She casually walked over to one of the couches and sat down while crossing her legs.I stood on the doorstep still thinking hard about why Riley decided to come back a
MIA’S POV:After stuffing my clothes in my suitcase, I checked my reflection in the mirror to erase every trace of my tears from my face because I didn't want Riley to know that I cried. I had seemed weak if she noticed. So I went to the bathroom and washed my face before applying some powder on my face.I grabbed my suitcase as I left the room and headed downstairs. I was gonna leave this house and the little memories that I have made with Liam in it.Although a part of me was hoping that Liam would beg me not to leave, insisting that I stay with him, another part of me told me that I was only daydreaming.I confirmed that I was really daydreaming about Liam caring about me and begging me not to leave when I saw him kissing Riley fiercely.My heart shattered into a billion pieces as I watched them struggle to breathe as they engaged in a never-ending kiss.“Couldn't they at least wait for me to leave before making out publicly in the living area?” I thought bitterly as tears burned
LIAM’S POV:I watched as Mia walked out of the gate and into the streets in annoyance. I hesitated to follow her as her words echoed in my head.“Don't you dare call my name, and I don't want to see you near me ever again. Since you kiss every woman that comes your way, jerk”I sighed in frustration as her words kept replaying in my head all over again.“Does she think so low of me after spending time with me for a few months? She still doesn't trust me after all’ I thought hurtfully as I walked back into the house.I walked inside the living area, and I looked around for the source of my misery but couldn't find her anywhere.“Have she finally left my life for good?” I thought to myself as I beckoned on one of the maids who was wiping the big screen television.She hurried over to me with a lowered head.“Do you know where Riley went to!” I asked as I looked around the corners of the living area one more time. She must be somewhere around this house since I was standing at the gate a
LIAM’S POV:I woke up feeling dizzy and exhausted as I tried to adjust my eyes to the ray of sunshine that seeped in through the window.I groaned as I stirred on the bed backing the window. I looked over to where Riley lay beside me after our hot session but she wasn't there. I instantly knew that she was gone as her portion of the bed had gone cold.I cursed myself inwardly as I realized that Riley had tricked me into sleeping with her with the promise of signing the divorce papers.“Damn, how can I get tricked by Riley who I'm sure as hell must be laughing her ass out at me,” I thought to myself, still cursing inwardly.“I should have known that it was a trick to lure me to bed with her. What was I even thinking when I agreed to sleep with her, I should have known that she was up to no good.”“I should have made her sign the fucking divorce papers last night before thinking of my next line of action. I regret betraying Mia who was hurt because of me and also left because of me. No
LIAM’S POV:I stared at the video, shocked to even utter a single word. My whole world came crashing at me as soon as I saw that video.It was a video of how I fucked the living daylight out of Riley who seems like she couldn't get enough of me as she kept begging me to go deeper as she dug her perfectly manicured nails in my back.I cursed inwardly as I realized Riley’s real purpose for coming back. It was all a setup that she planned from the get-go on how she will separate Mia from me.It made sense that she came just when I argued with Mia the previous night. It seems like she's been spying on us but how or rather who was her accomplice that was living under my shelter?Riley must have had the thought of ruining Mia with a video of how I banged her immediately Mia left so that must be why she secretly set up a camera to film our act.I couldn't talk as I gaped at the video which seemed to be carefully filmed with my mouth slightly open.I could feel Mia’s hot gaze on me and I knew
MIA’S POV:I slammed the door on Liam’s face as I rested my back on the door trying to calm my angry self.“How the hell did he think that he could get back with me after messing around with Riley? Does he think that I'm that cheap that I will jump up at the idea of double timing with him even if he's New York's wealthiest billionaire” I thought angrily as I slumped on the floor.A flash of the video I just watched came into my memory and I couldn't help but break down in tears.No matter how hard I tried to get rid of the thought of Liam from my mind, I simply couldn't because I came to admit that I was in love with him.But being in love with him doesn't mean that I will agree to stoop so low and become his mistress or whatever he considers me.I cried my eyes out as I still sat by the door trying to get rid of every thought about him.I managed to get up from my sitting position after two hours of brooding thoughts about Liam. “I can't possibly let him ruin my day, even though my
MIA’S POV:I stared wide-eyed at the shivering person lying beside my doorstep.I couldn't believe my eyes as I walked a step closer to the person. My eyes widened when I realized that the person I saw wasn't just my imagination.It was an unconscious Liam, shivering nonstop as he cuddled his wet body.“Liam?” I called out still unsure of what to say.He didn't reply instead he continued shivering heavily.It looked like he was caught in the storm last night. But didn't he leave before the storm because I heard the sound of his car driving off?“Oh God Liam” I called as I rushed to him. I shook him many times but he wasn't responding.I knew I had to do something because I couldn't just leave him like this on my doorstep even though he had badly hurt me. Besides, he was starting to draw attention from the neighbors.I took off my coat leaving me in only my singlet as I draped the coat around his cold shoulders.I tried getting him up on his feet, but he wouldn't budge. I took in a de
LIAM’S POV:“Who was it?” I asked curiously.“I think it was Charles Robert”“What” I gasped in shock at the mention of that name.“Mia, are you sure of what you saw? Maybe you didn't see his face when he took the mask off so you might have assumed him to be someone else” I rapped while staring intuitively at Mia who gently shook her in disapproval.“I'm sure of what I saw Liam, I saw his face when he took his mask off. It was Charles Robert” Mia said.I exhaled heavily as I thought of the reason Charles would try to harm me. Was it to spite me or was it totally for a different reason?“If it's truly him, then why did his shoulder feel so soft when I got a hold of him in the passageway? He almost seemed like a girl to me if not for the masculine way he was dressed” I said pensively.“What happened in the passageway?” Mia immediately asked.“Nothing, just that I saw him leaving your room while I was coming back from the restroom so I got a hold of him because he seemed suspicious but h
LIAM’S POV:“I think it's high time you separate yourself from my daughter,” Mia’s mom said with a stern look on her face.I looked shocked as I stared at her unbelievably.“You don't mean that,” my mom said, stepping forward to us.“Yes, I do. I don't see my daughter benefitting anything by staying with Liam. Instead, she keeps getting hospitalized despite being pregnant” Mia’s mom retorted.I looked spaced out as I stared between my mom and Mia’s mom while at a loss for words.I didn't know how to reply to her request more like a command Mia’s mom just issued now.I can't deny that the thought hasn't crossed my mind at all, but I just shrugged it off as nothing.Now, her mom had voiced out her thoughts on her daughter's safety.I couldn't blame her after all Mia was the only family she had and it would be so painful if she eventually lost her.I thought about her command for a while and remembered the warning she gave me beforehand that I should think of what was best for Mia and ou
LIAM’S POV: I went to the doctor's office hoping to meet the doctor again but couldn't.Instead, I met a nurse walking out of there and she told me that the doctor wasn't available at the moment.I sighed before heading back down because it seemed like the doctor wasn't around.Just when I reached downstairs, I bumped into someone and the person quickly apologized while rushing off before I saw his or her face.I shrugged while looking at the retreating figure of the person hastily walking away.I don't know why, but I felt like I knew the person from somewhere and the person probably didn't want to see me that's why they reacted the way they did” I thought before heading towards the reception room to ask the receptionist where the CCTV camera room was. I was directed to a room hidden almost at the back of the hospital which was the CCTV camera room.I slowly entered the room and noticed that it was unusually empty.“Shouldn’t the security men in charge of monitoring the activities
MIA’S POV:I groaned in pain as I woke up and immediately shut my eyes because my vision was kinda blurry coupled with the light shining directly on my eye.“Miss, are you okay?” I heard a voice ask.I opened my eyes and noticed that the light shining on my eyes had been switched off.“Do you understand what I'm saying?” the voice asked yet again.I didn't reply as I looked intently at the person standing in front of me and asking me questions.“Blink once if yes and blink twice if no” the voice which was that of a doctor said.“I can talk” I replied while trying to sit up on the bed but a sharp pain gripped my stomach making me groan in pain before falling back on the bed.“You shouldn't try to get up for a while because you have not fully recovered,” the doctor instructed as he reached for my wrist and checked my pulse.He connected an IV fluid to my wrist before telling a nurse beside him to come to check up on me every hour.After a few minutes of instructions from the doctor, he
LIAM’S POV:“Stop right there” I half yelled as I gripped the person by the shoulder and surprisingly the stranger whom I thought was a man had soft shoulders making me doubt his sex.The stranger stood rooted on his spot for a few seconds as I slowly turned the person to face me.Suddenly, he shook my hands off his shoulder before taking to his heels. I noticed him limping while running as I chased after him, making me raise a questioning brow at him.Halfway through the chase in the hospital that was already drawing attention from people, I stopped as I watched the stranger escape.No need to chase after him when there are CCTV cameras installed in every corner of the hospital.I needed to go check on Mia first to know if she was alright because her safety was now my priority.I could easily catch the stranger who entered her room while I was away because he wasn't running as fast as I expected, probably because he had a wound on his leg.I sighed as I rushed back to Mia’s ward to
LIAM’S POV:I woke up earlier than usual and walked into Mia’s room to check on her.I met her all cuddled up in the bed with the duvet wrapped around as she was still asleep.I walked closer to her and slowly sat on the bed careful not to wake her up.I checked her temperature and noticed that her fever had died down and was now mild.I sighed in relief while lifting myself from the bed. I covered her well with the duvet before leaving.“Her fever dying down doesn't mean that she has recovered right?” I thought as I slowly closed the door behind me after walking out.“Maybe I should go purchase more drugs for her in case she is still feeling cold or her fever suddenly accelerates. After all, prevention is better than cure” I thought as I walked into my room and grabbed my black card before heading downstairs.I met Anita on my way out of the house who immediately bowed in greeting as soon as she saw me.“I'm heading out for a while to go purchase some drugs for her. Tell her where I
MIA'S POV:I groaned as I covered my head with the duvet to avoid the ray of sun that was shining on my face.After a few minutes, I sat up while searching for my flip-flops sleepily.I found them and wore them before walking into the bathroom. I eased myself before standing in front of the sink while staring at my reflection in the mirror by the sink.I checked my temperature and noticed that my temperature had gone down and I wasn't feeling cold anymore.I smiled when I remembered how Liam took care of me yesterday when I was sick.He looked very worried as he watched me shiver in cold and burning up with fever.“I wonder how he's fairing now,” I thought as I grabbed my toothbrush, and applied toothpaste before brushing my teeth.I took my bath after that as I wore my clothes, and applied some lip balm because my lips felt somewhat dry before walking out of my room.I stood in front of Liam’s room as I contemplated whether I should go in and tell him that I'd recovered or I should w
MIA’S POV:I woke up to a space on the bed. I groaned as I covered myself properly with the duvet.I was about to cuddle Liam so that I could share his body warmth with me because I was kind of feeling cold, but too bad he had already left.I shivered slightly at the sudden wind that blew on my skin from the slightly opened window.I was too tired to get up and close it, so I just wrapped myself with the blanket like sushi. Still, I was feeling extremely cold.I placed my hands on my forehead and noticed that I had a high fever.I exhaled heavily while staring at the door waiting for Liam to come in anytime and it seemed like God heard my prayer as the door swung open and Luam walked.“Liam” I muttered weakly as he placed his other hand on my forehead to confirm that I was having fever.“I'm so cold,” I said with clattering teeth as another round of cold wind threatened to burst through the slightly opened window and blow on my skin.Liam noticed this as he rushed to close the window.
MIA’S POV:I stared shockingly at Riley as she displayed her true colors in front of us.“How can she think of killing us just because Liam divorced her? So this is really how she behaves, She's a complete disgrace to womanhood” I thought while staring shockingly at her.Liam hasn't fully untied my hands yet because he was always distracted by Riley who seemed determined to accomplish her mission.I secretly struggled with the ropes binding me as Riley seemed distracted and thankfully, she wasn't noticing any of my movements.I finally untied Myself and I gasped happily when I finally freed my hands which hurt a little as blood started circulating fully on them.I still kept my hands backward as I pretended to be still tied up. I didn't want Riley to know that I freed myself as I paid attention to their conversation because Liam suddenly stood in front of me protectively.“Oh really? Then I'll show you what childish looks like” Riley said as her hands went to the trigger.We heard a s