It has been 3 days now and I am still mad at Liam. I don't think I can forgive him this easily.

But Liam, he always tries to come near me by taking advantage of Ryan's presence. He tries to kiss me and everytime he gets successful in doing that, everytime his actions are so sudden that while I try to process the situation he already does his work and then that smirk.

I want to punch his face.

Today too when I was in the kitchen lost in my work he came suddenly and made me sit up on the aisle and kissed me this time I tried to push him away but he just wouldn't budge.

I hate him.

I hate him so much.

How can he do that? Always. Always he kisses me without my permission.

He is so fucking annoying. I am so done with him.

After the lunch when Ryan went down to ride his bike, Liam was in his office and I had to talk to him. I have to ask him to stay away from me and mind his own business.

Fuming with anger I went in his office without knocking, there he was sitting on his chair and working on the laptop. He raised his gaze to look at me, then furrowed his eyebrows. He scanned my face for a moment then, the confusion on his face changed to an evil smirk. He leaned back in his chair. I stood in front of his table.

"We need to talk." I said in a stern tone.

"I am listening." He replied with the same smirk.

His smirk was making me more irritated. "Can you stop?"

"Stop what?" he asked.

Can I slap him please?

"Kissing me. Taking advantage of Ryan's presence." I said in an angry voice.

"That's my right to kiss you."

"No, it's not. You can't always kiss me without my permission."

"And why is that?"

"Because I said so." I said loudly.

He kept staring at me for sometime, then got up from his seat and came towards me, within seconds he pulled me by my waist closer to himself. I stood there shocked, his hand came to my face, slowly he caressed my cheek "Being feisty today, I see."

I tried to remove his hold from my waist but he was way more stronger than me "Liam leave me, let me go."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"I like this, I like holding you."

"But I don't like you holding me so let me go."

I tried to get out of his grip and he was just enjoying looking at me struggling. "So will you pay me 50 million dollars now?" he asked.

I stopped struggling and looked at him in confusion. "What?"

"50 million dollars. Remember the contract you signed for the marriage."

"What do you mean Liam?"

He smirked. "You didn't read it before signing, did you?"

I was confused.

He continued "One of the points on the contract was that you can't deny anything I ask for. So, if I kiss you can't deny that. Not only the kiss but anything I ask for. And if you want to deny any one of them you can simply pay me 50 million and do as you please."

"Why would you put something like that in the contract?" I asked in disbelief.

"Maybe because I thought you would be too stubborn to listen to me. And to make things clear you can take the file for one day and go through it."

He then released me, I moved a little away from him but when I looked in his eyes they were dark, he started coming towards me and I started moving backwards. I stopped when I felt the table behind me. He was still coming towards me, he finally stopped when he was just a few inches away, to make a distance between us, I placed both my hands on his chest.

Within seconds he picked me up and made me sit on the table while he was standing in between my legs.

"So Mrs. Parker since you don't have so much money to pay me right now, you can't deny me." He said with a smirk.

I felt tears forming in my eyes, ready to fall anytime.

He scanned my face. When a drop of tear fell from my eye, his smirk vanished. His hand came up wiping the tear from my cheek. Cupping my cheek with one hand, he connected our lips. I didn't move. Neither did I push him away nor did I kiss him back. I can't push him because of that stupid contract and I can't kiss him back because I hate him. I hate him for trapping me like this. I hate him for making me feel helpless. He was kissing my lips roughly, like it was his only hope of survival. I felt more tears rolling down my cheeks, he sucked hard on my lower lips then, pulled away moving down to my neck, he kissed my neck, I bit my lips hard trying to control my moan, after sucking hard on my neck he rested his head in the crook of my neck, breathing heavily.

"I am sorry Bella."

I didn't say anything, to me everything he was saying was fake. Everything was planned, he knew if I get to know the truth I will leave him, that's why he trapped me. If it wasn't for Ryan I would've surely left him.

"I-I am sorry Bella."

"You disgust me Liam Parker."

He looked up at me.

"My feelings are joke to you, isn't it?"

Liam took one step back and gave me a confused look. "What?"

"It's the truth. You love seeing me helpless."

His brows furrowed "What are you saying Bella?"

I scoffed "Of course Liam it is the truth, everytime you make me feel helpless and you enjoy that, don't you? You like to see me crying in front of you, you like it when I am in pain, you like to hurt me. Do you really hate me that much Liam?"

Liam kept staring at me blankly trying to process what I was saying. He then looked away and scoffed "Do you really think that low of me?"

I didn't reply and got down from the table, I was about to leave but when I walk past him, he held my hand and pulled me to him. Pinning my one hand behind my back tightly he looked me in the eyes. Our faces were just a few inches away from each other "Whatever I did, that was only for Ryan, I know it was wrong, it was really wrong and I am sorry for that. I have said it thousand times Bella, I am sorry for everything. But I never meant to make you feel helpless nor did I intended to hurt you. And you crying because of me would be the last thing I want to see. Don't say things you don't know Bella."

We both were looking at each other not saying anything, my eyes were teary. I was trying to get my hand out of his grip "You're hurting me Liam."

He stared at me with a clenched jaw for sometime then left my hand.

"I hate you." I muttered.

When I said that I saw something in his eyes. One was pure anger and the other was ......guilt.

Liam then slowly moved away from me, as soon as he did that I quickly ran out from his office. When I was going to my room Ryan was coming up the stairs running, he stopped when he saw me. Quickly I turned back and wiped my tears trying my best to smile.

"Mommy?" He called from behind.

I turned around with a smile. He came near me and frowned. "You were crying?" He asked.

I shook my head and kneeled in front of him. "No baby, why would I cry?"

"No, I saw you crying."

"But I wasn't crying."

"Yes you were. Don't lie to me."

"I am not lying to you. Maybe you are just seeing things."

"Really? Am I?" He asked lost in his thoughts.

I was just praying that he didn't see carefully. I nodded.

"Maybe." He shrugged, his face lit up again. "You know I found something while I was riding."

"Really?"

He nodded with a wide smile on his face. "See."

He brought his hand in front when my eyes fell on a rose. "A rose?"

"Shh... don't tell anyone, I saw it and I plucked it from the garden, you like Rose so I thought to give you this."

I smiled. "Aww... you know you are the best. I love you and thank you."

"Welcome. Mommy now I am all sweaty sweaty, I'll go and take a shower."

I nodded. Giving me the rose he ran to his room. I was making my way to my room when someone called me.

I stopped on my tracks. I knew who this was.

Liam.

"Bella, I need to talk to you." Liam said in a serious tone.

I turned around and in a stern tone, I said "I don't want to talk to you."

He sighed then came towards me, holding my hand he dragged me inside the room "Leave me."

When we were finally inside he stopped and turned towards me. Before he could say anything I said "I need some time alone, so please leave."

He rolled his eyes giving me a boring look.

This man has no shame. I am mad at him and he doesn't even care. Great.

"Listen Liam I-" he cuts me off.

"We can fight later Bella. I have something important to ask you."

"And I don't want to reply." I know I was being a bitch but he deserves that.

"Did you get anything else other than the letter from Mrs. Adams's house."

That name made me stop from arguing with him.

I shook my head. "No. Why?"

He went on thinking something. I waited patiently for him to reply, but his reply never came. He was about to leave, when I held his hand. "Liam, what is it? I know you know something, why are you not telling me? In the letter it was clear that she committed suicide then why are you digging into the matter. Something is definitely wrong."

He looked at me then sighed.

"Since you figured it out. Mrs. Adams let Seth into the house because he blackmailed her."

"Blackmailed her? How?"

Liam took a deep breath and said "Seth knew that it was my plan to trap you into this marriage, and he told her about this but Mrs. Adams didn't want you to know anything about this because she didn't want you break this marriage because you were happy and she didn't want to cause you any more trouble for you. So he blackmailed her saying that he would tell you everything, and she let him stay in her house and also gave him all the money he asked for."

"T-That day when I went there, she was t-telling me to go away for this reason." I asked in a shaken voice.

Liam nodded. "But something happened that day, the day she died, or why would she commit suicide suddenly."

"H-How did you know so much?" I asked him.

"I have told you before that I had my men outside your house, when they followed Seth they got to know many things about him and also while he and Mrs. Adams were having a conversation my men were around."

"Then why didn't your men save her when she was dying." I yelled tears running down my cheeks.

"It's not that easy Bella. What do you think, she had a plan of committing suicide and she won't think about the men outside. She sent them, after Seth to catch him but when they returned, she was already dead."

"But why would she do that?"

"I don't know, only one person does, Seth. I have to get him."

"Then do it, he is roaming around freely."

"I will. You don't have to worry about it." With that Liam came to me and kissed my cheek then left the room.

She knew about Liam, Nanny knew that he lied about everything but she still told me to be with him, to always stay with him, why? He is bad, right? He is selfish too. Then why did she write in that letter I should never leave him? Is she right about Liam? Is it right to be with him? Will he really protect me?

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These few days had been a mess for me. It's hard to get Liam's attention now, he is always in his office when he is home and the other times he comes home late and leaves before I wake up. I don't know what exactly he is up to but it's really annoying.

He is behaving exactly like I wanted him to be. He is staying away from me, minding his own business, not talking to me even once, forget talking he does not even look at me. I should be happy with everything now but I don't know why I am angry. I am really mad at him.

Why suddenly he is behaving like this? It's not like him. When I am around him, he either gets busy with his phone or engross himself in his work. He just talks to Ryan and ignore me as if I am invisible, he doesn't even take advantage of me in front of Ryan.

Did I do something?

Is he mad, because of the things I said that day?

Today for a change Liam came back early, and since the time he came back he is in his office. I was in the kitchen preparing the dinner. I made all his favourite dishes. I hope he at least gives me a compliment or at least look at me.

After I was done, I asked Ryan to bring Liam for dinner he happily went and brought Liam by dragging him. I laughed looking at them. Liam too was smiling at Ryan when he was dragging him, making a face which showed his struggle of carrying Liam as Liam was too heavy for him to carry. When Ryan finally reached in front of the table with Liam, he sighed.

Liam's eyes then fell at me, before I could give him a smile he looked away again making his serious face and sat beside Ryan. Trying to control myself from taking all my anger out on him, I looked down and paid attention on serving the food.

I looked at Liam when I served his food. He looked at the food for sometime, then took a bite. I was waiting patiently for his reply. But it never came, he just kept eating it, like it was just the normal food.

"Dad you know, me and Mommy we were playing all day with my shield."

"Really, that's nice." Liam replied with a smile.

"Yeah and I helped Mommy to make the food too."

Liam nodded.

"She wanted to make your favourite dishes." Ryan continued.

Can this boy not remain quiet even for once?

Huh! He is your son, so of course you have given him half of your bad qualities by now.

I looked at Liam to search for any kind of reaction. But I couldn't.

He cleared his throat and asked "How's your studies going?"

See, this is what I was talking about. He is ignoring me. He always changes the topic when Ryan talks about me.

Ryan took a bite of his chicken and said "Pretty cool."

"Really, but Mr. Jones told me something else."

Ryan gulped the chicken with a lot of difficulty and asked acting innocent "W-What did he say?"

"That you are not studying. Your maths is really weak."

"Umm..." Ryan laughed nervously. "I hate maths." He said looking down.

"But you can't give up. You have to keep trying. Is it clear?" Liam said in a stern tone.

Ryan nodded obediently. "Yes Dad."

After making Ryan sleep when I went back to the room, there was no sign of Liam. I sighed. Getting irritated by all his strange behaviour, I decided to not think about him anymore and relax a bit. So I went to the rooftop.

I was about to sit and enjoy the cool breeze when something caught my eyes.

There he was, in the hot tub leaning against the wall with head thrown back and eyes closed.

I kept staring at him.

He looks so peaceful.

He might be going through a lot these few days, because he only comes here when he wants to relax his mind.

But I can't just let things stay like this between us, I have to talk to him. Slowly I undressed myself, I was still feeling embarrassed to go inside just in my bra and panty, but I shrugged off all my thoughts and made my way towards the pool, slowly I went in the hot tub, but stood at one corner. When he felt someone's presence, he opened his eyes. I bit my lip, when his gaze fell on me. His eyes scanned my upper body for sometime, without saying anything he turned around and was about to leave, when I called him.

"Liam."

He stopped but didn't turn around.

I stood still in my place and started fidgeting with my fingers. "D-Did I do something? A-Are you mad at me?"

He remained quiet he was still not turning around. "Okay, I am sorry if I did something."

He turned around and said "You did nothing."

"No. I know I did something. You are ignoring me. You come home late and go early. These days you don't even look at me."

"Bella, calm down. It's nothing." He said trying to calm me but I know he was lying.

"No you are lying. Why are you lying? Tell me if you are mad at me."

"I am not mad at you."

"Yes you are. I know you are."

"No, I am not."

"Stop lying Liam. I know you are mad at me because that day I said that I hate you."

He remained quiet for sometime which made it pretty clear that I was right. "N-No."

"I was angry Liam and I said those things without even thinking. I am sorry. I didn't mean it."

He shook his head. "No. You were right I was selfish. I just thought about Ryan and not about your life. In fact, you should hate me after everything I have done. I deserve it. I wasn't ignoring you Bella, I was just staying away from you so that you don't get hurt or cry because of me again."

"Liam."

"I have caused enough pain to you Bella because of my selfishness."

"N-No." I shook my head.

He smiled, a sad smile. "Yes. So, if me staying away from you makes you happy and if it doesn't hurt you then be it like that. I won't force you to do anything."

With that he left the pool, leaving me there alone in confusion.

He is not serious. Right?

I told him that I said that because I was angry.

Will Liam leave me too?

First my parents left me in front of the orphanage door, then Nanny left me and now Liam too?

Just the thought of that scared me, I stumbled back and my back hit the wall.

"No, he can't leave me. Am I that bad that everyone leaves me?"

Coming out from the hot tub, I wore a bathrobe. When I went back to my room, I saw Liam was already on the bed on his side, sleeping. I went to the closet and changed my clothes.

I laid on the bed trying to sleep but where was my sleep. After spending 30 minutes trying to sleep, I was done trying.

Did my words hurt you so much that you don't love me anymore? You didn't even get affected when you saw me just in my undergarments today. We were all alone in the rooftop but still you didn't take advantage of me. I know I should be happy, this is what I wanted but now, I really regret this. I want to be in his arm, I want him to hold me in his arm, I want to feel his smell, his warmth.

I looked at my side to see him sleeping with his back facing me.

He is asleep right?

So he wouldn't know if I hold him.

I can't sleep like this.

Moving closer to him, I clutched his t-shirt tightly from behind and rested my face on his back. He is so warm, I missed this feeling for so long.

With a stupid smile on my face, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I don't remember when did I drifted off to sleep, but I felt someone pulling me in the middle of my sleep. But after so many days, I finally slept comfortably, feeling safe.

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