After we reached home, Liam took Ryan straight to his room. He didn't let Ryan talk to me even once. I remained in the living room. Maria came in the living room after sometime, she sat beside me.

"You okay, Bella?"

I looked at her and said "I don't know what's gonna happen. I am so scared Maria, Liam is not talking to me. He said we'll talk later when we reach home, but every moment is killing me. I am so scared."

I hugged her, crying.

"You shouldn't have taken him out Bella. You should've asked Sir once."

"I know. I know I should've, but I thought he wouldn't let us go, if I ask him. Then I couldn't find you anywhere and I went."

She rubbed my back and said "Don't be scared Bella. It's okay."

"How can I not be scared, he looked so angry."

"Try to explain everything to him. I am sure he'll understand."

"Maria, I made a very big mistake. Liam is not going to forgive me this easily. What will I do now?"

"You know he was so angry that he didn't let Ryan talk to me even once."

"It's okay Bella."

I kept sobbing, while she was trying to calm me down. After sometime, Liam came down, I stood up from the couch instantly, Liam stood in front of me. I looked at him with a scared look. He stared at my crying face for a minute, his face showed no emotion. His gaze then shifted from me to Maria and said "Ryan is alone in the room, can you stay with him for sometime."

Maria nodded, giving me an apologetic look, she went upstairs. I was about to apologise but Liam held my wrist and dragged me upstairs. Without fidgeting or saying anything, I kept walking. When we reached our room, Liam let go off my hand. He was holding it so tightly that I am damn sure that it might have got bruised.

I stood there sticking to the wall, while Liam was standing right in front of me with hands in his trousers pocket. His coat and tie were off, he was in a grey coloured shirt.

"What was rule number 6 Bella? Do you remember?" Liam said in a calm voice.

Calm before the storm.

I nodded.

"Good. What is it?" he asked.

I started in an extreme low voice but enough for him to hear "T-That wherever I-"

"Louder." He growled making me flinch out of fear. I gulped hard.

"That wherever I take R-Ryan, I-I must inform y-you." This time I said it a little louder looking down.

"Really? Was that it?"

"N-No."

"Then say the whole thing."

"Wherever I take Ryan, I must inform you and if you say 'no' I s-should not take him there."

Liam came closer to me and said "Was there any word in the sentence you couldn't understand properly?"

Once I looked up at him, it scared the shit out of me, I immediately looked down. He looked so scary. I bit my lip, trying my best to not burst into tears. No one has ever scared me this much, not even Nanny.

"I asked you something."

"N-No."

"THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE HIM OUT?" He yelled, causing me to jump on my place.

"I-I am s-sorry."

"Sorry? Really Bella. After everything, you have just a fucking sorry to say." He rubbed his face with one hand and then again looked at me.

"Whatever I say, isn't a joke Bella. Those rules, weren't a joke. And all the time you break the rules. Previous times I let that go because I didn't want to fight with you, but you always force me to do that."

I shook my head "N-No Liam."

"Yes Bella. You saw Ryan today, you saw his condition. He is very sensitive Bella, he get panic attacks and these are not good, I think you know that pretty well. Still you have to make things difficult."

"I-I just wanted h-him to enjoy and m-meet w-with other kids."

"He has stayed so many years alone, why do you think that suddenly you can change everything?"

"B-But at least we can t-try."

"No we can't. Bella, I married you to take care of him, not to make things more complicated, not to cause him pain. Don't try to change our lifestyle. Because you can't."

I nodded slowly. Liam then held my both arms and pulled me closer. His jaw clenched, my eyes widened by the look on his face, his eyes held pure anger "If anything happens to my son, I repeat anything at all, I swear Bella I will destroy you. He is my world and if he gets hurt next time because of you, I won't think twice to make your life hell."

With that he left my arm, harshly and went out of the room. Leaning against the wall, I fell down to the floor. Pulling my legs close to my chest, I cried my heart out.

After few minutes I felt a hand on my head. I raised my head to see who the person was, it was Ryan, standing in front of me with a sad look. Immediately, I wiped my tears and forced a smile.

"Mommy, I am sorry." Ryan said with tears in his eyes.

I shook my head "Why are you sorry? It was my fault, I should've asked Liam. Don't say sorry."

"I know Dad said a lot of hurtful things to you because of me."

"No. He didn't say anything." I pulled him to myself and made him sit on my lap.

He sobbed "I know you are lying, I heard Dad yelling at you."

I wiped his tears "Shh... Stop crying. You don't have to be sad. See Mommy is smiling."

I tried to smile brightly.

He looked down, "I know Mommy, I am weak. I try to be brave but I always get scared and then I start shaking."

I held him tightly "No baby. You are not weak, in fact you are the most strongest boy."

"No. I am not. Today I got scared of those boys."

"So? That doesn't make you weak. In fact those boys were weak, you know why?"

"Why?" he asked curiously in his hoarse crying voice.

"Because, they tried to bully a five year old boy who was all alone. Umm... how many of them were there?"

"Eight."

"See. Eight big ten year old boys and one five year old Ryan. Unfair right?"

He nodded.

"So... when my Ryan will grow up he will be able to fight all of them, alone. Like... Umm... Yes like Captain America."

A bright smile plastered on his face. He then thought something then again frowned. "But Mommy, Captain America had a shield to fight with the bad people."

"Ah yes! No problem, we'll get Ryan a shield too. Exactly like Captain America, then Ryan can also beat the bad people."

He smiled. Then hugged me. "You are the best. I love you to infinity."

"I love you to infinity square baby."

Mommy is so sorry baby. Because of my carelessness you had to go through so much pain. I am sorry. Don't ever go away from me again. You are everything to me.

I kissed his cheek. Then his stomach growled. "Hungry?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Okay. Mommy will prepare your favourite chicken today."

"Really?" he asked in excitement.

"Of course. Let's go."

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After the dinner, I went with Ryan to his room. He laid on the bed hugging his Goofy, I told him a story. Slowly he fell asleep. Liam was still working in his office, so when Ryan was asleep I went to my room and took out the paper where I have written all the rules, I made a note of all his rules in a fresh paper and pasted it on my side of the closet.

He wants me to follow the rules, fine I won't break any rule from next time be it anything. I went to the washroom and changed into my comfortable pyjamas. When I came out I saw Liam already laying on the bed eyes closed with hands resting on his temple. He was in his sweats and a t-shirt.

When did he change? Anyways, you shouldn't care.

Mind your own business Bels.

I went straight to the bed and picked up a pillow and a blanket, then arranged it on the couch. I laid on the couch covering myself with the blanket.

"What are you doing?" Liam asked suddenly.

I looked up just to meet with his confused face. Sitting up on the couch I asked. "What?"

"Why are you sleeping on the couch?"

"Umm... it was in the rules."

"So?" he asked with the same confused look.

"What?"

"It was in the rules so what?"

"You told me to follow the rules, so I am just doing that."

He stared at me for few minutes. I looked down. "Bella, come back to the bed."

Wait. He first said all those painful things and warned me that if I don't follow the rules he'll punish me and now he himself is saying to break a rule.

Hell No!

I shook my head. "No Liam, I don't want to get any punishments. I have had enough today, I can't bare anything else."

He kept looking at me with the same emotionless face.

"Good Night Liam." I said and laid back on the couch.

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