At Huang Mansion.

  As soon as Lana and Liam finished dinner, they went inside their room to clean up and then went to study Gale's case together inside Liam's study room.

  Liam was on his chair and table at first, then stood up to join Lana on the couch. They tried to put the pieces together regarding Gale's case and exchanged ideas about the entire situation, recreating the scenes again and again in many different ways.

  They both had their opinions, many theories about how the murder could have taken place and what could be the best plan to move forward.

  "Seriously?" Lana beamed as Liam outlined his plan to her.

  Lana and Liam had already cleared almost all the possible suspects or witnesses in Gilbert's murder case after they had interviewed and checked their whereabouts on the day Gilbert was killed. Those people clearly had no important connection with the case.

  There was one suspect remaining on the list, and that one was a call girl, a famous hooker. Lana definitely understood the importance of doing things without raising suspicions, but Liam's idea to talk to the woman felt absurd.

  "It's less suspicious, so it's better if I handle her. All I need is to pretend to be one of her customers and then convince her to tell the truth if she is involved, Lana." Liam, with a serious face and tone, stated. He was trying hard to suppress the playful smile that was about to curve up on his lips anytime soon.

  The woman was working in a stripper club and was one of the most widely sought after girls, as per Lana's investigation. That woman would definitely strip out of all her clothes as soon as she would take Liam inside the private room. Just the thought of it made her want to vomit and her face crumpled with such thoughts.

  Liam saw her expressions and asked her, "What are you thinking, Lana? Are you perhaps jealous?" Liam asked nonchalantly.

  Lana's eyebrows snapped.

  'Here he is, again started with his teasing!' Lana silently whined.

  "I am not jealous, why would I be? It's just that the woman is a stripper and who knows… You might want to take her service for real when you see her naked. You see, we are not even sure if she's clean, and she is used to having sex with various men, so the probability of her having some sexually transmitted diseases is very much higher, not to mention HIV or AIDS……"

  Liam could no longer control it as he burst out in a fit of laughter.

  "Lana… Oh my dear love… It's not like I am going to sleep with that woman. I don't know whether I should get offended with you for thinking so low of me, thinking that I will just sleep with any other woman, or should I feel overwhelmed because you're jealous and you do not want to see me with another woman!"

  Glaring intently at Liam, Lana's face also flushed while her lips pursed.

  "I'm not jealous!" Lana barked, irritated with Liam's teasing grin.

  'Why can't she just admit that she's jealous?' Liam inwardly thought.

  He lifted his eyebrows and mumbled, "So you're not jealous? Then does that mean that you want me to sleep with another woman?"

  "Of course not!!!" Lana burst in her high pitch note. Why would she want to even imagine him with another woman? She was busy in her own thoughts when she felt Liam kiss her cheek.

  "Being jealous is normal when you like someone Lana. I like that you're being jealous, so no need to deny it. It's futile denying the obvious…"

  She turned to look at him to ask him the reason for this sudden display of his affection when Liam suddenly gave her lips a quick peck and said, "I have you and I only want you so stop all those unnecessary thoughts in your head. If you want, then you go with me so that you can keep an eye on me."

  Lana did not respond, but only pouted her lips and grabbed her mobile phone, pretending to be busy reading something.

  Liam narrowed his eyes and stared at Lana. She was obviously trying to avoid the jealousy topic. He grinned and moved closer to her on the couch, not sparing a gap between them, and started planting kisses on her shoulder up to her neck.

  "I'm in a fertile time right now, so NO." he heard Lana grunted. She still sounded irritated.

  "I will release outside." Liam whispered in a hoarse tone in her ear.

  "No… It's still not an assurance enough." Lana plainly commented, although the electrifying sensation was already sending its waves all over her body.

  "I will only allow you if you use a condom." she murmured as her breath was shortening because of Liam's sweet kisses and snuggling.

  She heard Liam heaved a long sigh and stood up.

  "Okay… Let me get one." he said as he walked to his drawer.

  "You have condoms?" Lana asked. She suddenly became curious if Liam originally had it stored in his cabinet or…


  Liam laughed and said, "What are you thinking, huh? You're afraid of getting pregnant so I bought them yesterday in case you won't allow me even if I ejaculate outside during your fertile days."

  His drawer had a pin code and Lana wondered why he would put the condoms inside the drawer with a lock, but she chose not to ask anymore.

  Liam had the condoms ready. It was in a box, which he already poked with each condoms tip, where his release would accumulate with a needle, and then he returned it back in each plastic seal. Of course he did a lot of poking, making sure the holes he made were enough to release a few sperms inside her.

  He then put it on the center table and went back on the couch to kiss Lana.

  But Lana grabbed it and commented, "Wow, they have flavors? Wait, why is this already opened.

  Liam massaged his nape and stuttered, "I opened already as soon I… I got one in my drawer. So later it won't be a hassle to open…"

  Lana's eyebrows collided while she gave Liam a confused look.

  Liam smiled and immediately pounced on her so Lana would no longer ask for anything more. He sealed her lips, but Lana slightly nuzzled and mumbled, "Make sure you put on the condom before entering okay?"

  He nodded, and once again captured Lana's lips. But he could not think of the smirk that Jorge would have on his face once he found out what he was doing, he would surely tease him for being so cunning and desperate.