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MAYA

So Chloe was Liam’s Fiancée!! I can’t believe this. Was there a time when Chloe ever told the truth? Because recently I’ve been discovering that everything about her was all lies.

I’ve been fooled by the two important people in my life. I didn’t want to cry as I spoke to Lucas telling him I didn’t wanna have anything to do with him.

I wanted to act strong and brave like I always do. I wanted to bury the pains, heartbreak, and betrayal that I felt deep in my heart like I always did, but when Liam told me it was okay to cry, I busted out crying.

Surprisingly, he carried me and placed me on the passenger side of his car. I didn’t expect him to do so because he was now my boss, unlike the other times at the bar when we were both strangers to each other.

We heard the sound of someone clearing his throat, which made I and Liam look toward the direction that the sound came from. When we did, we saw that it was a courier.

He held the shopping bags that Eve said she would deliver to my doorstep. Liam went to meet the courier and signed on his notepad before collecting the bag.

When he got into the car and closed the door, I looked at him wondering what he wanted to do when I hadn’t even brought out my belongings that I’d use for the trip.

“ Sir, I haven’t brought out my belongings yet “ I reminded him amidst sniffling back the tears that were still threatening to fall.

He turned and looked at me, but I couldn’t decipher the look on his face. If I didn’t know better I’d say he was back to his usual cold self and not the person who carried me into the car.

“ Forget about them, we’ll get you everything you need when we get there. We are running out of time “ Liam said as he reached out his hands to turn on the car.

A few seconds later, we were on our way to the airport. I wondered why a rich dude like him didn’t have a driver. I sat down fidgeting with my fingers when I heard his voice again, after a long period of awkward silence in the car.

“ You didn’t answer my question back then. Didn’t Chlo tell you that she had a fiancé? “ Liam asked me again with his eyes on the road, but his hands holding the steering wheel gripped it tighter than it should.

“ She didn’t “ I answered him sincerely. I just realized that there were so many things I didn't know about Chloe.

She could tell her other friends about Liam and even introduce him to them, but she never said anything to me. It was so disheartening to me, everything that was happening to me was disheartening.

Liam looked like he was contemplating if he should believe what I said or not, it’s not like I cared though, I was too hurt to care.

No matter how I tried to close the pains that Lucas and Chloe caused, it seemed like that was the more the pains increased.

Liam didn’t talk to me any more till we got to the Airport. We alighted from the car and walked towards the airplanes that were in sight after I carried the clothes that Eve sent the delivery man to me with.

The annoying part was that Liam left his luggage bag for me to carry too. I wouldn’t have been enraged if it was just one, but no, they were up to three and he left all of them for me to carry.

What kind of man uses three luggage bags for a short trip? I thought to myself as I scoffed and rolled my eyes before struggling to catch up with him.

He didn’t look fazed by the fact that I was struggling with the luggage. Such an annoying asshole, I cursed under my breath when I walked towards him.

He was now talking to an air hostess and I could see her blushing at whatever he might have said that pleased her. At this moment I felt like strangling Liam to death.

He knew what I was going through right now and he was still inconsiderate. They began to head into the plane without even paying heed to me. Luckily the security men guarding the plane came to my rescue and helped me out.

I went into the plane and saw Liam seated engrossed in typing whatever it is that he was typing on his phone.

I was surprised because I expected to see other passengers on board and that’s when realization dawned on me that this was Liam’s private plane.

I walked and sat in a row that was opposite where he sat. He didn’t utter a word to me. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that he was callous, but judging from how he carried me into his car a few hours back, I knew he wasn’t as cold as he wanted people to view him as.

The Air hostess came back with two glasses and a bottle of champagne. She swayed her hips seductively and walked to him, pouring him a glass of champagne. She gave me the second glass of champagne of course. When she was done serving us she sat down beside Liam.

“ I couldn’t wait to see you. I have missed you so much “ The lady said to Liam who looked in my direction and caught me staring at him. He looked embarrassed and smiled nervously.

I looked away and broke the eye contact that we just had. I have to mind my business, I said to myself inwardly and got busy checking our schedule for this trip.

Liam stood up and went to a private area with the Air hostess. I scoffed when I was sure they had left.

“ All rich people are the same “ I mumbled and rolled my eyes before continuing with the schedule I was reading till I dozed off.



I didn’t know how long I had slept or when I slept off, but I felt a hand on my body. When I opened my eyes, I saw Liam helping me to fix my seatbelt.

“ What are you doing? “ I asked him with a look of confusion and surprise on my face. He froze and squinted his eyes as though he didn’t want me to know about what he was doing.

He turned to look at me with his hands still clipping the seatbelt and our faces were a few inches apart from each other. My heart began to beat wildly and I couldn’t stop myself from looking at his cute lips.

“ We are about to land, so the pilots told us to strap on our seatbelts. You looked like you were sound asleep and I didn’t wanna wake you up, that’s why I decided to quietly help you strap your seatbelt “ Liam said to me, but instead of him looking at me while he spoke, he looked at my lips all through.

We stared at each other for a few seconds which to me, it was like forever. The sound of the pilot reminding us to put on our seatbelts again made Liam get up and straighten his suit.

He walked back to his seat with his usual blank facial expression coming back to his face as he strapped on his seatbelt. I heaved a breath I didn’t know I was holding.

Yes, I wasn’t denying the fact that being that close to Liam stirred up a longing and feeling for him in my heart. I wished that he would just kiss me and I’d get to have a taste of his lips even if it’s just once.

Looking at his lips from up close, they looked like they’d be soft and good for nibbling. OMG, Maya! Why are you having such impossible thoughts!! I thought to myself and slapped my cheeks, so I could snap out of whatever madness had overcome me.

When I slapped my cheeks, Liam turned to look at me with furrowed brows, wondering what made me do that. Great, I just drew his attention, I thought to myself and struggled not to roll my eyes in his presence.

“ I am still feeling sleepy that’s why I did that “ I lied while smiling nervously at him. Whether or not he believed me I didn’t know for sure because he still had an unreadable expression on his face as he turned back to his phone.

That was close, I thought to myself and sighed. A few minutes later, the plane landed at the airport and I proceeded out of the plane. The Air hostess was staring daggers at me and I wondered why.

I alighted from the plane, leaving her and Liam. Our company's photography crew were already waiting in the airport when I alighted from the plane. I stood patiently in front of the plane waiting for Liam to come out.

He came out from the plane with the Air hostess who looked furious while she came out. She looked at me and scoffed before storming away. I was confused as to why she reacted that way, so I looked at Liam and he looked away as he walked to a black SUV that was parked in front of the plane.

I furrowed my brows in thought for a while at what just happened and shrugged at their reactions before hurriedly walking to catch up with Liam.

We got into the SUV and the van that the crews in charge of photo shoots were in drove away first while we drove behind them, heading to the venue where the photo shoot would be held.

There was an awkward silence between Liam and I as we sat in the car, he looked out of the window beside him, totally ignoring my presence while I busied myself with reading our schedules over and over again.

Liam’s phone suddenly began to ring and he answered the call. His face immediately hardened after listening to what the caller had to tell him.

“ She what?! “ He exclaimed in an alarmed way, with a mixture of a shocked and panicked expression on his face.