A while ago in the party hall:

  Liam, who had been waiting for Lana to return, creased his forehead and looked at his wristwatch. His heart started feeling a little uneasy for some unknown reason.

  "What's taking her so long?" He whispered, followed by a long deep sigh. Lana had left, saying she was going to the restroom, but it had been long already and she was nowhere to be seen in the entire party hall.

  "You look worried. Where's Lana?" He heard Gracy's voice, who spoke while sitting down right in front of him.

  "Gracy, she went to the restroom some time back, and she's still not back yet." Liam answered while he rose from his chair.

  Gracy's face crumpled and asked, "where are you going?" She just got the opportunity by ditching that brat Miley, to go to him and spend time around him, and yet here he was about to leave her? She was getting impatient thinking how slowly she was progressing!

  "I have to go and look for her." Liam simply answered and was about to leave, but Gracy beamed, "Look for her? That's a woman's restroom, Liam. Let me do it."

  "Stay here Gracy and let me handle my affairs!" Liam grunted while dialing a number on his phone and walked out without giving Gracy a second look. He was too worried as his heart had started feeling a little weird and he just wanted to see her in front of his eyes.

  He started walking out of the party hall to go towards the restroom area, and he almost ran towards that direction.

  Miley was already there waiting for him. He had called her and asked for help even before Gracy approached him.

  "She's not here. She's not answering my call as well," Miley answered with a worried tone.

  Liam's mind was losing control because how much ever angry Lana could be, he knew she would not be so irresponsible to hide away somewhere.

  He immediately called Jorge to check the hotel's security footage to get her whereabouts and find out where Lana had gone since she was neither in the restroom nor in the entire party hall. And the most worrisome thing was that she was not responding to her phone that was ringing incessantly.

  After just a minute, Jorge was running towards him and muttered, "Lana… is stuck in the elevator. They are right now working to open the stuck elevator."

  "Damn this careless hotel!" Liam yelled and ran frantically towards the elevator. His heart scrunched thinking about Lana and all he hoped was that she could maintain her calm in that dark elevator and her phobia not to show up. He was so furious that he threatened the manager who appeared to assist them.

  "If something happens to my wife, I will make sure your hotel will close down!!!" Liam burst out in anger.

  The little time they had to wait, in opening up the doors of the stuck elevator, was frustrating him. He looked at Jorge and added, "Make sure to find out who is responsible for this negligence! I will spare no one……"

  Jorge tried his best to calm Liam down. He had never seen Liam in this state before, angry yet afraid, frustrated and in a hurry to get the door opened… As much as Jorge knew, Lana was very strong and brave.

  He felt Liam was a bit too worried about her given Lana's capability. He felt something was wrong and looking at Liam, things seemed a little serious to him.

  Jorge heaved a sigh of relief when the elevator doors where Lana was stuck, from last more than half an hour, finally opened. There was complete darkness in the elevator and even the emergency light of the elevator was also not working.

  Lana was lying in one corner on the floor, almost hysterical and shouting in fear. Jorge was startled when he saw that pitiful state of Lana. He had never thought Lana could be so horrified and afraid of being locked up in the lift…


  And then he remembered Liam wanted all the lifts in their firm to be taken double care of. Now he knew the reason why. He was aware that Lana had a traumatic experience in her childhood, but he had never expected that he would see her in that state.

  Liam on the other hand was so heartbroken when he witnessed Lana in that state. He had always seen Lana in her strong and stubborn avatar, but at that moment he couldn't bear to see such a vulnerable form of Lana.

  He rushed to her, squatted down near her and lifted her, wrapping her in his arms, calming and comforting her with all his might. She was at her most low point he had ever seen or imagined her to be. Her constant cries and fearful gestures made Liam's heart feel the pain he had never felt in his life.

  His eyes started tearing up, seeing her plight. But all he could do at that moment was to give her the warmth of his love and make her feel his loving presence, to bring her out of her hallucinations. She even resisted his grip until she realised it was him, and once she saw him she started to calm down. Liam stared at her tear-stained face and a surge of anger erupted in him. He felt there was something wrong in Lana being locked up in the lift, and even the emergency light was not working there. But his priority was to take her home, to make her feel safe and comfortable.

  He picked her up in his arms and walked directly towards the exit of the hotel where Andrew was already waiting for him with the car.

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