At Sy Building.

  Lana exhaled loudly in disappointment because Liam pretended to be very busy since last night and until that morning.

  Last night they just slept hugging each other, and he did not make any move to get intimate with her. She was anticipating a few naughty moves from him, but he was rather a little distant than how he behaved for the last few days.

  She felt something wrong with that attitude of his. He seemed too occupied and this morning. He only dropped her off to the office because he had to go and attend to something important.

  She even volunteered to join him, but he denied and told her to finish the rest of the hours she needed in her internship.

  She heaved a frustrated sigh.

  "Maybe I was too harsh on him that night!" she whispered as she played with her ballpen by rolling it on her fingers.

  She closed her eyes and thought about her words during their lovemaking when Liam was clearly offended. She realized that she probably went a little overboard. But then she felt that she had to be a little harsher with him in order to not let Liam fall for her.

  She was the one to be blamed for the kind of methods she used to make him realise the limits of the relationship they shared as she was yet not ready for a deeper and emotional relationship. Though she admitted that she was considering it, somewhere she kept strengthening her vow that she would not.

  It was all because of Liam that she has even started considering it, but she did not have enough courage to go forward with it yet.

  "I'm so twisted!" she grunted to herself before slumping her head on her table.

  For everyone else, the dilemma she felt was just an easy scenario to deal with, but it wasn't so for her. It would be easy for those who had never faced life and death situations in their innocent childhood.

  The cold-blooded murder of her dear mother who gave her life for a man and to save their marriage kept taunting her. To keep their mind sane and go ahead normally with married life would never be easy for a person with a traumatic experience like her.

  What made her more uncomfortable was the coming parole of her biological father who would be released and a free man soon, and his roaming around freely in society was something haunting her deeply. She only hoped the man would not look for her for any kind of revenge or favours.

  Her chain of thoughts was disrupted by a knocking on her glass door. She tilted her head and saw Jorge standing there with a small friendly smile on his face. He slightly opened the door to peek his head in and asked, "Did Liam say what time he would come back? I'm trying to call him, but he's not answering."

  "He said before lunch he will be here. Had Gracy arrived already?" she asked back and Jorge shook his head.

  Lana signaled him to come in, so he went inside and sat on the chair in front of her table.

  "How are you feeling now? Your mom told us what happened with you and all your trauma when we visited your place. Lana, we are now your family so we hope that you rely on us in case you'll be in any kind of need." Jorge murmured, and he also relayed the same message from Miley and their father, giving her all their support.

  Lana was truly touched and honestly said, "Thank you Jorge. I will also drop by to visit father and Miley someday. Actually, I thought I had overcome those nightmares a long ago… But who knew I hadn't. I guess I still need to see my psychiatrist and consult for a few things."

  She could not open her heart to anyone without hesitation because she was also not sure of herself worthy enough to be with Liam. She had deep insecurities because of her tragic past that always held her back. She did not want Liam to get hurt, but she could not let go of him just yet. Maybe once she overcame her greatest fear, she could finally fall in love with ease?

  Jorge nodded and added, "Yes, you can do it, Lana. Liam will be with you always. If you only knew how worried he is for you. And was also worried because when Liam came to know about who planned it, he was so furious and for a moment I thought he would kill Gracy with his own hands, seeing how furious he was! We are indeed grateful that he controlled his emotions when she went in front of him."

  "What do you think Gracy will do? Realising how desperate she had been to get Liam back into her life, will she ever agree or decide to go away from him and even sell the shares and lose the last opportunity of being in close vicinity with him?"

  Jorge sighed and responded, "She will definitely sell her shares. She can't be with Liam even if she is sent to the jail so she better take the other offer. I feel she will show up once Liam arrives… or probably she will only have her representative to handle the matter since she lost face. If I were her, I better not show myself in the company now."

  Lana nodded. She also hoped not to see Gracy as well, or she would slap her left and right. Because of her prank on her, she almost lost her sanity and discovered that she was still living with that disorder of hers buried deep in her mind.

  But then her desk telephone rang. It was Mian who called, and she put her on the speaker.

  "Lana, Miss Gracy is asking for you in her office."

  "I will go and check what it is about…" Jorge muttered with knitted brows.

  "No… I will…" Lana mumbled and hurriedly stood up. Jorge walked behind her and said, "I'll go with you."

  "It's okay Jorge, I can manage her. It's not like she will kill me inside her office. Let me face her one on one and see what she intends to do now." Lana reassured with a smile, so Jorge stopped and watched her leave.

  "Should I call Liam?" he murmured as he grabbed his phone and made a call to Liam to inform him about this.

  Lana entered the elevator and pressed the floor where Gracy's office was situated. She surely would not dare hurt her there since her office was located close to where the interns' cubicles were and the Sy's famous and capable lawyers also had their cabins there.

  The soundproofing was also not very good in any of those cabins and so Lana was a little sure that she did not need to be afraid of Gracy, not to forget her own skills were not less if any attack was planned on her in any way.

  She went out of the elevator and saw Gracy coming out of her office with her help walking behind her carrying all her stuff in her hands.

  She signaled them to go ahead while Gracy paused, meeting her halfway in the hall itself.

  "You asked for me?" she asked blankly.

  "Yeah, I just wanted to meet you one more time before I left. I have to go back since I decided to continue my career in modelling.?I must say that I really admire how you managed to get Liam as your back up, but then I guess he will be a big help for your career as well. I won't be surprised if he hires you as soon as you get your license and appoints you in his law firm, given how enchanted he is with you."……

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