Liam held Lana in his embrace and Lana silently breathed in his enticing scent. She did not even realise when it happened but Liam had become a synonym of comfort for her and whenever he held her in his arms, she felt safe and comfortable.

  Liam always liked to hold her close to his chest and Lana liked that position in his arms because she could hear Liam's heartbeat with her head on his chest and near his heart.

  "My father will be out on parole soon…" Lana suddenly whispered after a few minutes.

  She felt Liam stroke her hair gently. "Are you scared? But you don't need to be scared. I'm always here for you, and will protect you with all my might. He won't get near you… I will make sure of that." Liam whispered an assurance.

  Lana bit her lip and whispered, "I really don't know what I will feel once I see him. I have never tried to visit him even once… how I wished I could erase my every memory of him…"

  "I think that's the reason why his shadow never left you Lana… You should not try to erase that memory since it's already a part of your life. You must overcome the fear of that ghost memory no matter what, because that's the only way for you to get free from the shackles of your past."

  Lana knew Liam was right but the thing was it was easier said than done. That was what her psychiatrist kept on telling her as well. Maybe she should visit her father and see how she would react if he ever came in front of her?

  But just the thought of visiting her father made her heart crunch with fear, she still had an indescribable fear of that man in her heart.

  Liam felt her body tensed so he said, "Finish your sandwich first and rest for now. Continue with this work tomorrow."

  Lana sighed and nuzzled from Liam's embrace to finish her food. Liam watched her while thinking of ways he could help Lana overcome her fears. Her father has given a tremendous amount of trauma in her life. He gritted his teeth as he suppressed the anger he felt towards Lana's father.

  Sometimes he was unable to believe how a father could be so cruel towards his own daughter, beating a cute little child was unimaginable, much worse was the fact that he tortured his own child. How heartless would that beast be?

  "You go first Liam. I need to finish it, besides I'm not sleepy yet…" Lana assured and signalled Liam to leave.

  "Okay… Goodnight…" Liam whispered then kissed her forehead before leaving her alone.

  Lana grabbed her mobile phone and double checked her appointment with her psychiatrist in her mobile phone. She wondered if Liam would be free to accompany her for the appointment. But she was shy to ask or bug him about it. Usually her mother was the one who used to accompany her but she did not want to trouble her mother anymore about it since she might get worried about her.

  She put her mobile phone back on the table and then focussed on her laptop to finish her pending work.

  Liam on the other hand, slumped his restless body on the bed. Soon he dozed off to sleep. He woke up around two in the morning to answer his nature's call and saw he was still sleeping alone on the bed.

  "Is she still working?" He murmured and walked directly towards his study room before going to the bathroom, to check on Lana.

  He opened the door of the study and frowned seeing Lana sitting on her seat with her head slumped on the table. She was sleeping soundly. Liam shook his head and chuckled at the same time.

  He tugged the hair strands covering Lana's face behind her ear and leaned down to give her cheek a gentle peck before he whispered in her ear, "I love you sleeping beauty."

  He then gently moved to lift her and carried her in his arms in bridal style. He was swift and very careful, making sure not to wake her up. He gently put her on the bed and covered her with the quilt.

  Lana's eyes slowly opened and she saw him standing beside the bed leaning on her a little.

  "I fell asleep while working…" Lana sluggishly whispered. Liam grinned and muttered, "yeah. You were snoring so loudly."

  Lana arched her brows and encircled her arms on his neck, pulling him closer on top of her.

  "I don't snore…" she groaned.

  "Yeah right, just like you don't get jealous right?" Liam teased.

  Lana crumpled her face and Liam sealed her lips with his. The lips he could not get enough of kissing…


  Lana answered his kiss with the same intensity and passion. Both were on the same frequency and felt the heated sensation taking over their bodies.

  Lana moaned in his mouth when she felt Liam's hand slipping inside her shirt. She felt his warm palm caressing and cupping her mounds.

  It had been a few days already since she last felt those scorching palms of his on her bare skin. She had been missing him and his passionate touches.

  With a short breath, Liam asked, "Are we safe now?"

  Lana could not recall and said, "I'm not sure. I think we need to wait for a day or two more."

  Liam paused and looked at her asking, "I should stop, right?"

  Lana nodded with those smoky eyes of her. Her body wanted him but rationality demanded that they must control their carnal desires. Then she suddenly commented, "How about you use the condom? I think that's actually effective."

  Liam chuckled while Lana's face suddenly reddened, realizing she sounded so eager to make love by suggesting that.

  "Hmmm, they are effective for sure, but I have already thrown away all the condoms that I bought besides…" Liam paused, wondering if he should tell Lana about poking all those condoms and his intentions.

  "Besides what?"

  "Those condoms are already defective."

  "Huh? How do you know that?"

  Then Liam told Lana about the condoms poking incident followed by how he realized he was wrong in forcing her to get pregnant.

  Lana's eyes rounded as she hit on his chest with her fist and said, "For real? That's too sly and childish…"

  "Good thing you did not do it in the end…" Lana continued. She felt so happy that Liam did not finally break her trust and also that he openly accepted his mistakes in front of her.

  She thought of something and smiled naughtily. "Hmm, because you've been honest with me then I should reward you for telling me the truth…" Lana muttered, looking at his lower body.

  Liam's face blushed, her eyes told him what she wanted to do. He stood up immediately and said, "I'll be back in a while I will just pee and come back…"

  He hurried to the restroom. How he hated to break that momentum but he really needed to answer his nature's call. He quickly cleaned himself too and rushed back to Lana.

  His eyes squinted and he sighed seeing Lana was back to the dreamworld and had abandoned his buddy in heat to get tortured the whole night now.

  'How about my reward?' He mused regrettably before he joined her and cuddled his wife in his arms and tried to go back to sleep.