It was already 11:30 by night. Lilian was laying beside Elena but for some reason, sleep was far away from her eyes. Giving up on the thought of getting some sleep, she got down from the bed and walked out of the room. The poolside seemed to be a good idea to have some fresh air. With this thought, she made her way there. Staring into the pool for a few moments, Lilian rolled up her ankle-length pants up and sank her legs into the cold water as she sat by the poolside. She shivered for few moments, but gradually her body got accustomed to the coldness of the water. A soft breeze was caressing the exposed areas of her body and it felt soothing. This swimming pool lounge was also very spacious just like every other portion of the mansion. The dim, night bulbs, the rose petals on the water along with the moon light was making the surrounding bright enough for her to see everything clearly. She kept sitting there gazing at the sky and enjoying the silence of the night forgetting the
Aiden was working on a file when Lilian entered his room late at night. Startling him, she placed a coffee cup on the desk.Eyeing the coffee, he asked, "Why are you still awake?""Not feeling sleepy." Lilian uttered as she settled on the chair across him and sipped her coffee."Why? Is anything bothering you?" He asked being concerned."Not really." Lilian shrugged off.Aiden didn't push her much and completed his work in silence, thankfully that didn't take long. Because he was pretty sure Lilian went to talk to him about whatever things.But he didn't expect her to start going to that direction."Do you know Willow likes you?" Lilian asked Aiden when he closed his file and asked her what's the matter actually.As much as he wanted to ignore the topic, he ended up asking, "Who told you this?" He had a pretty good idea about it though."Does it matter?" Lilian shrugged, "You knew it then. Well, what about you?""What about me!" Aiden tried to act nonchalant as he sipped his coffee.L
"Do you know what type of girl I am?" Lilian asked looking at Elena and Willow by turns. "You are a good girl, Lilian and now you should_" Elena didn't get to complete as Lilian spoke up in between. "No." Lilian shook her head, "You don't know me then. I am not a good girl." "Lilian_" Elena again tried to say something but didn't when she caught the sight of Shane, standing a few steps away. He got near them, "What's actually happening here? Why is Lilian like this?" "Lilian met her father today and something happened between them, I guess." Willow replied. "He is not my father. He never was. It was Lahaina, for him to be a daughter. And when Aiden and his family got in trouble for me, I left this town." Lilian said, her words almost slurred but they took it correctly as they stared at her silently. Lilian looked up and looked at Shane, "Since then I haven't been a Marshall girl, Shane. So, I didn't lie to you." Elena and Willow turned to Shane whose eyes were glued to Lilian
When Lilian opened her eyes, it was already morning. Feeling a severe headache, she kept laying on the bed lazily until the memory of the last night hit her mind and she sat up immediately. The headache was long forgotten. After meeting her father, she was with Willow and Elena and then at the club and the latter things went blank. Did they drop her home? But_ Her thought got interrupted as Aiden knocked on his door, "Lilian, are you up?" "Yes." Lilian answered and Aiden entered the room. He placed the hangover cure on the bedside table and sat on the bed. "Headache?" Aiden inquired, his face dead serious. Lilian didn't know what was the reason behind it but she nodded anyway and Aiden gestured at the soup, "Have it. You will feel better." Without so much of a question, Lilian took the bowl. She wasn't even half way the bowl when Aiden lost his patience and shot a question, "What happened yesterday?" "Nothing. It's just_" Lilian tried to come up with something but got interru
"Don’t leave, Lilian. I will take care of the matter with your father. He won't be able to harm neither you nor Aiden." Though not intentionally, yet words were already out. So, Shane waited for Lilian to react at his words without trying to change his words.Lilian stood dumbfounded. Shane's face showing uttered concern. She wasn’t sure if it was for her though. After all, they were always pretending and if not Shane was angry with her and wanted her to be gone as much as she knew.Then what happened to get it changed?The longer Lilian took to response, the more hesitant Shane got. He wasn’t supposed to behave this way but here he was.Lilian finally opened her mouth but her question got Shane even more hesitant. "Why would you help me and Aiden?"Her father caused damage to him as well and grasping his company and liquidating it was one of the things, he once wanted to do. And more than that, he wanted to help Lilian so that she wouldn't think of leaving this town. He wasn't sure wh
"Mom? How can you say this to Shane?" Elena said, not believing her ears. Before Yana could answer her, a voice from behind came to their hearing. "What did you say? Shane doing what? Not caring about me?" Willow was passing by Shane's room. Seeing her Mom and Elena talking to Shane in his room which was rare, she knew something must be going on but she didn’t see these words throwing at Shane anyway.Shane had treated everyone of the family members dearly. Though he didn’t treat Yana as his mother, he never disrespected her.As much as she knew Shane had always treated her just like Elena and sometimes even better. Then how could she accuse Shane like this?"If you have forgotten, let me remind you. Whenever I fall sick, not you but Shane and Elena were the ones to spend nights beside me. The boutique shop, I wanted to open, Shane was the one to set it up for me. Only if you still can remember the company you dreamt of working for as a model, Shane was the one to get you the contrac
Shane could feel it wasn’t going to be easy to say sorry, nor did he do something to say that. He wasn’t even sure what he would say but he knew how his step-mom was. He could guess most probably how she had behaved with Aiden but yet his silence about it yesterday was bothering him. He had to do something to assuage it. He was still in his thoughts when the door of his cabin was pushed open. "Aiden, I am sorry." Words were rolled out without much thought even shocking Shane. But it only confused the person who got to hear it. Clarke Lockwood stood dumbfounded hearing Shane. As much as he knew, sorry was one of the words that never came frequently from Shane. Not to the employees at least. Cause he had never messed up. He was cold-hearted but he never vented frustration or anger out on people who wasn’t at fault basically. "And you had to say that because_?" Clarke demanded. Shane wanted to end this here with Aiden but now looking at his father, giving him a scrutinising look,
Two days got passed before Willow made her way back to Lockwood Mansion early in the evening. Elena was in the living room when she came in."Finally, you are back." Elena said when Willow stood in front of her."Were you thinking that I won't?" Willow said forcing a smile."Can you blame me?" Elena said as she got up and hugged her. She was more than relieved to find her well. She was avoiding Elena's calls and this made Elena worried about her.Karen got there and asked her, "How did it go?""What?" Willow asked, confusion lacing her eyes."The wedding you went to attend." Karen said with a confused tone."Oh, great. It went great, Granny." Willow said, trying to sound honest. She didn’t go to attend any wedding. All she just wanted some time alone."Okay. Go, freshen up and then come to my room. I have something to talk to you."Willow nodded at her and left for her room. Getting freshen up as she made her way to Karen's room, she never thought the topic of their conversation was g
After Julian was done with his work with Shane, he got up and turned to leave. Shane was about to concentrate on his work again but Julian stopped and turned to him.Making an expression like he almost forgot the most important thing, he spoke up, "By the way, you didn't tell me.""Tell you what, Jules?" Shane asked, his voice irritated.Shrugging it off, Julian asked his question with excitement, "When am I getting the chance to be your best man?""What are you talking about?" Shane asked appearing clueless. "Don't pretend, okay?" This time Julian got irritated, "I am asking about your wedding. When are you two getting married?"His words hit him differently. This time he got what Lilian was trying to say actually. What right she was talking about back then got clear to Shane.But_"What? Please, don't tell me you are still going to say you don't believe in marriage and all. You two have already wasted so much time. Don't drag it like this." Julian said sternly and Shane stared at
Angel was sleeping peacefully beside Rose. Within just a few hours, both of them got mixed so well. Lilian thought as she stared at them smilingly. She tossed on the bed for hours but didn't get to fall asleep. Not wishing to disturb their sleep, Lilian got down from the bed. After properly setting the comforter on them, she walked out of the room. She closed the door behind her trying to make less of a sound. Thinking of what to do, she headed for the pool just like she used to do when she lived here. But instead of walking in the garden, she sat by the pool putting her legs into the water. She shivered feeling cold at first but she sat still. As she stared at the water of the pool, her whole life started flashing in front of her eyes and then there was just Angel. And now Shane. The smiling face of Shane appeared into the water. She smiled back but it got vanished when his voice came as well, "What are you doing here without sleeping?" making her realize he was there for real.
Seeing Lilian silent, Shane asked again without breaking eye contact, "Answer me. Have you ever regretted it?"His tension mounted higher, the longer Lilian kept her mouth shut."I am asking you something. Have you?" Shane asked, desperate to get an answer."No. I haven't. Ever. Because I loved you as well. I was just afraid thinking it was one-sided." Lilian spoke up, her voice a little louder as if she was trying to hold it within but couldn’t. Shane also got silent hearing her. His heart started beating faster as the realization dawned upon him.Just because of their gap in communication, all this happened. They had already wasted so much time. So, though he was still angry with Lilian for many things, he couldn't ignore the fact that somewhere he was at fault as well.So, without grieving on the past that couldn't be changed, he would like to start afresh. He didn't want Angel to go through any family trouble. She already had enough of this.Shane cupped Lilian's face as he spoke
"Shane, I know my words will be counted as meaningless now. I am late for years anyway but I am sorry. Please don't snatch Angel from me. I have none except for her and I won't be able to live without her." Lilian pleaded finding Shane silent. "Would you ever consider me in your equation?" Shane asked, his voice lacing with mixed of emotions. Why couldn't she just think of them together in a picture? Just like Angel who went on painting a happy family as soon as she found out about him. He didn't know what he would have done if Lilian had told him but for sure he would have liked to be given a chance to say his words at the very least. And somewhere in his heart, he knew he would have been happy and gladly accepted her. Only if she had just made it to speak to him, he would have been with her all the time. He wouldn’t have missed the time when Angel was growing inside her. The time must had been hard enough for her to handle alone but she chose it for her. She chose to deprive hi
Thoughtlessly Shane walked ahead and then hopped in his car. But before revving the engine, he didn't know where to go actually. He called Lilian only to get his calls ignored. Well, it wasn’t for the first time, his calls were always ignored by her. Shane thought sadly.He was tired, his body demanding some rest but in no way his mind was up for that. He didn't know where did Lilian go nor did he know what actually was going on in her mind. A scary thought was bugging him but he didn’t entertain that.Instead, he guessed she might have gone behind Aiden. It seemed pretty considerable. He was her cousin and Aiden went being angry with her. And he knew how much he meant to her. Well, every one meant to her something except for him.She wasn't even ready to leave Vina alone in Manhattan. She seemed so concerned for her. But she didn't bother to think about him before disappearing from his life. Now she was most probably thinking of doing the same.No, Angel was in the picture. Being a m
"You got to be kidding us. What are you even saying? Your daughter?" Julian asked bewildered.Nathaniel stared at Shane before he turned to Angel and then again at Shane. He spoke up joining the lines, "You mean to say you and Lilian?"Shane nodded, "Yes. Angel is our daughter.""What?" Julian seemed to get shocked, "You knew? Then why didn’t I alone know anything about this?""Stop it." Nathaniel let out a sigh and yelled at Julian being irritated. He then turned to Shane, "Where did Lilian go by the way?""I don’t know." Shane replied, his eyes still on the doorway. "Don’t tell me you are thinking of separating Lilian from her daughter," Nathaniel spoke up whatever came to his mind. He knew though Shane was angry at Lilian, he had searched for her. He knew that night Shane was with Lilian. But something happening like this didn’t cross his mind. But whatever he would never support Shane trying to separate a child from her mother."Angel is my daughter as well." Shane moved his gaz
As Rose lead Angel to her room, everyone kept staring at them. When they were out of their sight, everyone turned to Shane and Lilian. Whatever Shane was saying was hardly believable but knowing him, he wasn’t a person to make stories or assumption like this. "Lilian, is this true?" Karen asked anyway and stood in front of Lilian. She had to confirm it from Lilian as well, "Whatever Shane is saying, is it true?" Lilian remained silent for a moment only to make Karen ask her again, "I am waiting for your answer, Lilian. Is it true?" "Yes." Lilian replied hesitantly. "I just can't believe this. Why did you leave back then? You should have told us." Karen spoke up again with so much excitement surprising everyone. Aiden, Willow and Elena were silent till now but Aiden spoke up this time, "Willow, are you coming with me, or do you want to stay here for now?" Before Willow could say something, Lilian spoke up, "Aiden?" Ignoring Lilian, Aiden spoke up, his eyes still on Willow, "I hav
It was already afternoon when they reached New York. When the car got parked at the entrance of the Lockwood Mansion, Lilian stared at the proudly standing tall building and all around. Shane got out of the car and rounding, he opened and held the door for Lilian. Angel was sleeping peacefully on the back seat. Must be tired from the journey. Shane thought.He was about to say something but interrupting, Lilian asked, "Shane, can't we stay in a hotel?" She wasn’t being able to get herself ready to face his family all of a sudden. She didn’t think she would have to face them again. Period.Shane stared at her. He didn’t want to disturb her peacefully sleeping daughter. So, instead of uttering anything, he kept glaring at Lilian trying to relay his words. He couldn’t just get what the problem was with her. As much as he was trying to take it normal, she was just going on searching things to agitate him even more. Before Shane could say something, Lilian again spoke up, "You never kn
"Shane, I am sorry. But_" Lilian tried to come up with something, "After Aiden and Willow''s wedding, I wanted to talk about that night and went to find you but you weren’t there. So, I thought you were just trying to avoid me and_""You can't just assume on your own. I had a meeting to attend. Leave that. Why didn’t you tell me when you found out about your pregnancy? Didn’t I had the right to know?" Shane asked, his voice yelling. "This was an accidental pregnancy. I don’t even remember our time together from that night let alone how did this happen. I didn’t know how you would have reacted knowing this. I didn’t want you to blame me about trying to trap you and all. Knowing your granny, I didn’t want to be in a forced relationship. ""How did you know I would have blamed you?""Because like others, you wanted me to be gone from there as well. I couldn’t be selfish and make you sign up for this unwanted responsibility.""You were just thinking on your own. I would never thought like