Liam's every action still startled her. Ever since they had become physically intimate, Liam didn't leave any chance to hug her closely and had almost become a shameless husband who was trying to coax his wife into loving him by his actions.

  While Lana was still thinking of escaping from his iron grip, she saw Liam tilt his head to meet her face. At that moment she felt like she was a lump of butter melting on the spot with Liam's hot gaze at her.

  She was deeply touched on hearing Liam's words. He would allow no one to harm her, no matter what. A promise to protect and take good care of her forever.

  Despite her mentality of taking care of herself on her own, it was still overwhelming to hear those words from him, from the man close to her. All her life she worked hard to become strong… physically, mentally and emotionally so she would never become dependent on anyone.

  Liam's eyes, staring into her eyes, were clear as water. She wished him to look at her like that forever. Could it be possible? Could this really happen that Liam would only see her with his clear, sincere eyes throughout his life?

  Will he always hold her this high in his heart and not let anyone else encroach that space? Was that anyhow possible that he would not change his character a few years later?

  She had no answers to all these questions, but she just wanted him to have only her forever in his eyes, to protect her and take care of her, to hold her in his arms and kiss her and make love to her.

  His touch was infectious and now she was also itching to touch him or else she felt she would really go crazy.

  'I must already be crazy…' Lana silently cursed as her hands moved on their own, cupping Liam's face with her hazy eyes staring deep into his clear ones.

  Liam met her gaze, and he liked what he saw in those beautiful eyes of hers. Desire… and love?

  'Is it really love or am I just hallucinating?' He mused, not breaking the eye contact that Lana started.

  He raised his hand, holding one of Lana's hands that was cupping his face. He moved his head and kissed her palm lovingly with closed eyes.

  Lana felt as if electricity was running through her blood in all her veins with just that simple gesture of Liam. It was as if a magnet was pulling her to him, making her bent down to make her lips seal his parted lips.

  "I set-up my mind to control myself tonight from eating you, to let your body rest for a while, love. But if you continue doing things like this… you are making me lose that control. I know you're still sore……" Liam whispered in his hoarse voice when he broke from the kiss, only to get caught once again by Lana's lips.

  'Why not Lana? You can definitely let him be your man since you like him. He would demand nothing from you,' her heart and body encouraged her, convincing her mind to defeat.

  'Letting him stay is a demand fulfilled enough though,' her mind countered, fighting hard with what she had already been programmed from the start.

  But her body was quite fast in answering. She kissed deeper and gave Liam a breathtaking kiss that made it hard to suppress his desires, how muchever control he had on himself.

  She let his lips go just to suck his upper lip and trailed the kiss to his jaw line up to his ear.

  "It's okay. I'm not that sore…" She whispered, followed by her teasing of the tip of her tongue that licked his earlobe. Her warm breath and lips nibbling on his earlobe made Liam growl in delight.

  'Did she just willingly invite me to make love to her?' Liam mused and gently nuzzled Lana to properly look at her as he asked in a husky tone, "Are you sure?"

  Lana chortled and whispered, "You did a lot for me and this is the least I can do to reward you for everything, don't you think? You should not waste time now and give me a chance to rethink more about it or maybe I shoul……"

  Liam opened his mouth to complain and say that he was not expecting anything since all things he did and was about to do in the future was on his own will.

  But he quickly covered Lana's lips and sealed her mouth abruptly. All he could do was moan inside her mouth that was hungrily kissing him back.

  Lana could taste the cinnamon inside Liam's mouth. "It's really yummy and tasty," she unconsciously said, breathing in between their kissing.

  Liam did not know whether she referred to his mouth or the cinnamon's taste inside his mouth, but nevertheless both thoughts added more fuel in his already flaming body.

  Lana feasted on his upper and lower lips alternately, sucking discontentedly how much ever she kissed him. She just couldn't get tired of kissing him. She loved it whenever she would teasingly pull then release his lips, and Liam would catch her lips hungrily.

  "Stop teasing me, love," Liam scolded, breathless. He was going crazy with Lana's torturing.

  "Stop calling me love…" Lana mumbled as she trailed her kisses to his jawline going down on his neck. Liam's one hand on her back crawled to her side and reached a little lower to the hem of Lana's loose shirt and gently slid inside her clothes.

  "I don't want to. Isn't it sweet? Calling you love… I like it," Liam mumbled huskily simultaneously squeezing her soft buttery breast inside her dress. Lana moaned on that gentle yet seductive action of Liam when he cupped and caressed one of her mounds with his palm.

  "It's too cringey Liam," she replied with a gasp as his finger gently pinched her hard nipple, giving her a combination of pain and pleasure.

  Liam pulled her shirt up so he could have a feast on her buttery mounds not only with his palm but with his mouth as well.

  Lana felt the cold air brushing her skin as her upper body was exposed in front of Liam. But even the cold air was not enough to subside the heat in her body caused by Liam's touches. She was burning with passion inside.

  No man had dared say, and act like Liam was doing to her till date. No, actually it was not like no one dared, but it was because she had allowed no man to cross those boundaries and enter her life like how she let Liam in.

  He slowly, easily and unknowingly had come knocking on her heart and she willingly opened her doors with no guard for him.

  He had gradually overtaken her entire heart and brought her to the extent where she had surrendered in front of his charm and couldn't anymore find enough strength to push him away.

  It was not only her heart and mind at war at that moment, but her body was joining force with her heart against her mind. 'You desperately want him…'