Liam's Past (1)

"Why? You don't like it?" Liam asked with a frown on his face.

"Have you looked around you? For the past some time when we were standing near the admin block all the girls around have been throwing daggers at me. It's like they want to strangle me to death given the chance," Lea said with a small smile on her face.

Hearing her words Liam just started laughing as they walked toward the class. The corridor was empty as it was near the library and it was almost time for class. 

"Hearing him laugh Lea stopped walking and said, what are you laughing at ha? I am just stating the truth here. Do you know how difficult it was for me to keep myself composed till now?" Lea added.

Liam stopped laughing moved closer to her and looked directly into her blue eyes which were as deep as the ocean for a few seconds and asked her "So you think I am attractive?" with a smile on his face.

Lea gulped in some saliva at the proximity at which they were standing. His masculine scent mixed with a flavor of mint coming from him smelled so good. She could not think straight as she looked back at his face which had such definite features, his silky black hair, and his black eyes which looked like a black hole that was sucking in all her ability to think. She blurted out "I di...I did not mean that..".

"Stop distracting me and trying to change the topic" she spoke in one go and turned towards the other side. She knew her face would have become red like a tomato now. She felt embarrassed. 

"What just happened to her she never behaved like this..." Lea thought.

On the other side Liam scolded himself in his mind "I came here with her to find out the truth but what am I doing? If she is not who I think she is I can't get attracted to her like this".

Then to lighten the atmosphere he just started laughing again moving away from her then made her turn towards him and said "I am sorry". 

He said "You don't have to worry about those stupid girls, they are just jealous of you. I don't speak much with the other girls except for my friends and a few in college. You just came today and I am being so friendly with you that they are not able to digest it as they have tried a lot to get close to me in the past".

"Is it so? Why the special treatment to me then" Lea asked. She had calmed herself now.

"I don't know exactly but probably because of the way we met each other," many other thoughts were running in his mind now but he could not say those to her as they had just met each other and he had to find his answers. 

Both just smiled at each other and walked silently toward the class.

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Time flew by, and before anyone knew it, it was already the weekend—the day of the 'Grand Phoenix' event.

The event took place at the 'Green Hell' racecourse, one of the top five best and most dangerous racetracks globally. Many records had been broken and made on this track.

Lea arrived early to oversee the arrangements, with Liam accompanying her under the guise of helping. In reality, he wanted to learn more about her to confirm his assumptions.

After speaking with the event manager, Lea joined Liam in the stands, who was lost in thought, gazing at the tracks.

"What are you looking at so seriously?" Lea asked as she sat down beside him, offering him a bottle of orange juice.

Liam accepted the bottle, replying, "Nothing... These tracks reminded me of an old memory."

"You've been here before?" Lea inquired.

"Yes, many times. This is one of my favorite places. Whenever my mind is a mess and I need to process things, I come here," Liam explained. "The first time I came here, I was almost hit by a car."

"What?" Lea exclaimed.