After Liam made Lana sign that paper of granting him wishes, they started talking about various things like good friends. They were having a good conversation over tea and it was mostly about Lana since Liam was eager to know more about her. This was the first time he felt like he wanted someone to tell him everything about her life.

  "So one day you plan to battle with me inside the courtroom?" Liam murmured with a grin because Lana said she wished she could reach the heights where she could fight a case with one of the best lawyers in the world since she wanted to be recognized as one of the best among lawyers worldwide as well.

  "Yes… Someday? Haha Are you confident that you will still be the best till that time? I still have a long way before I reach there, you know." Lana muttered with a smile.

  "What long way are you saying? In just a few months you will have your license and then you can practice your skills with our firm. If that happens, will you choose to work for us as soon as you get your license?" Liam muttered.

  "Silly. Do you even need to ask that? I want to work at the best law firm in our country, and that's why I even agreed to all your hilarious conditions." Lana burst out.

  She bit her lips, suddenly feeling giddy thinking about receiving her license and being able to handle her own case. Then out of the blues, she realized something, something that needed to be cleared with Liam.

  "We are only going to pretend during my internship period with you, right? After I get my license and I start working in your firm as an employee, we will stop with this act. Isn't it?" Lana, out of curiosity, clarified.

  Liam felt something hard stuck in his throat that it was hard for him to answer Lana. He ended up coughing in a row and his face turned red due to coughing. Lana worriedly asked, "Are you okay?"

  Liam coughed again, and Lana stood up. She started rubbing his back to comfort him. "How do you feel now?" she asked him again.

  "I'm fine, better now." he said, stuttering, seeing Lana's worried face.

  "Do you want me to get some water for you?" Lana asked and Liam nodded. He watched her retreating figure that left in a hurry and Liam sighed.

  Lana had only less than a month of internship period remaining before leaving his firm and getting her license in. Lana was back in a flash with a glass of water Liam drank in one straight.

  "By the way… Did you talk to Steven? Actually, he heard you there talking about me like that, so he now knows about our relationship. I mean our…" Lana asked next, seeing Liam was finally fine. She could not complete the words.

  "Yes, I already told him to keep his mouth sealed." Liam answered briefly, understanding what Lana was referring to.

  Lana exhaled loudly. She was relieved.

  "That's good. I was worried. You see… If our relationship leaked in the company, it wouldn't be good. I mean, I have to intern and work under your shadows. Everyone will think wrong of all my achievements and will not recognize me and my capabilities as my qualifications, but they will only think of me as an intern who is connected with the Boss." Lana commented and Liam understood well her sentiments.

  From Lana's personality, Liam could see how she did not want her capabilities to be overshadowed by anyone's connection. She wanted to make a name for herself, even without her mother's connection. That was why she chose a low key profile and was living in a small house all alone.

  So it was important that her colleague would not find out she was his woman, although it was fake. Once her being his woman leaked, it could affect her reputation and how people inside would interact towards her.

  Lana sighed. She always struggled with her self conscience for feeling like a privileged girl being adopted by Mrs. Huang. But she always wanted to prove something about her own self. She wanted to achieve something with her own capabilities without anyone's help. She had been hearing the word worthless countless times from the family members related to her mother.

  She was not worthless, instead she was a very fast learner and very agile in everything she does. How she hated that word used to demean her over and over again.

  Liam could feel the sudden tension spread out on Lana's expression.

  Liam was about to say something when his mobile phone rang. He creased his forehead and excused himself, seeing it was his cousin Ryu, asking for help in a particular case.

  While Liam was still talking to Ryu, his gaze landed on Lana and he noticed that Lana was yawning already. His conversation with his cousin stretched for quite long because it was a sensitive topic involving the underworld, so he moved to enough distance with Lana and turned his back on her.

  When the call ended, Liam turned around and a beautiful smile carved on his lips as he walked back on the bench. Lana fell asleep.

  He sat and moved closer to her and then moved her head so she could rest it on his shoulder. He was in a great dilemma on how he would tell Lana that he liked her without the possibility of her running away.

  He was not in a hurry though and would want to use the time he had with her to solidify their rapport with each other. He needed to invest more into emotional and physical stability with Lana to make sure she would not run when the time came that he decided to tell her how he felt.

  He was still balancing it out. So he wanted to make sure that he could keep Lana with his next move rather than driving her away from his side. He should not hurry…


  'Slowly but surely…' That was Clyde's one friendly advice towards him if he seriously wanted Lana to stay.

  He looked at his wristwatch. Time seemed to move fast while he was with Lana. Her fragrance and closeness mesmerised Liam as usual. He wished to be more close to her, but he didn't want to lose control and do anything that would offend her and his values at the same time. He then decided to carry Lana inside since it was getting colder outside.

  Liam could not believe that she had fallen in such a deep slumber. She did not even wake up when he picked her in his arms and carefully carried her till her bedroom upstairs. He gently put her to bed and pulled up the comforter to cover her properly.

  "What a deep sleeper." Liam murmured while sitting at the side of the bed and staring at Lana.

  At that moment he realised how much he had started liking this girl and he wished he could just cuddle with her on her bed and keep her in his arms always, safe and protected. He heaved a heavy sigh and slowly leaned closer to her and smiled when he reached her lips.

  He just took in a deep breath, bathing himself in her scent and then stole one quick kiss from her lips before leaving her room.

  He made sure Lana's doors were properly locked before he left her house. He smirked at the thought on how he kissed her without her knowing about it at all.

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