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Liam “How’s everything back at the office?” Dad asks and I look him in the eye with a half smile. “Why? Don’t trust my leadership?” I raise my brow and he chuckles slightly as he tries to sit upright and I help him sit up. We grew closer over the last five years and I may not completely understand certain things he may do, but I know that he’s a good father. The last thing I want is to worsen his condition. So, I bring up the one thing that will drive his attention away from work. “You know I do, You’re my son Liam.” He says a little more seriously than I’d like. Before I can respond, the door opens and Emily walks in. We lock eyes for a few minutes before she ignores me and focuses on Dad “How is my favorite patient doing?” She asks as she checks the vitals and whatever shit doctors do. My eyes are so focused on watching what she’s doing that I don’t even notice Dad hasn’t said anything at all. Can’t he recognize her? “I’m doing very well, pretty lady. How are you?” He asks and
Emily I’m still touching my lips from the kiss as I sit in my office. It was unexpected and the way my heart stopped and stomach fluttered when he placed his lips on mine should be illegal. How can he make me feel this way when we’ve been apart for a long time and I hate him? Right? My thoughts are cut short by my door opening and it’s the Hospital Director! I jolt up from my seat at the unexpected visit, “Dr. Chen!.” “My goodness Dr. Harper, please take your seat, I’m your guest here.” He says and from the rumors I’ve heard about him, he is acting very strange but I play along. “Thank you,” I respond as I don’t know what else to say. “I came to apologize.” He says uncomfortably. And I eye him closely waiting for him to continue. He doesn’t meet my gaze but after a few seconds he continues, “The hospital should have stood by you when those rumors came out. The office we gave you as well is not of standard so please allow me to clear my conscious.” The moment he said rumors I fe
Emily “We are in trouble. Dad is here and he’s looking for you.” A text reads and it’s from another UNKNOWN number. Didn’t I block Liam? My heart panics as I turn to the nurse who was in charge. "Where is my patient?” She looks at me slightly confused because it seems she thinks I’m the one who authorized his discharge, “Maggie the man just had surgery, you’re on duty and I didn’t give you any auth-” “I did. He asked me to.” William’s voice speaks from behind me and I have to breathe in several times to calm myself down before turning to him. He is wearing his usual white coat and his brown curls are perfectly placed but now when I look at him, I’d rather be anywhere else. He's a running red flag that our parents told us to report to the police. “So if a patient asks you to kill them will you do it, doctor? Because in my understanding, Mr Lockhart might suffer from Hematoma and right now if anything happens to him, you’ll have killed him!” I practically yell from frustration.
"I... I was just lost in thought," I stammer, avoiding eye contact with him. He pulls me closer, his lips grazing my ear, "Dirty thoughts, Emily? I like that." I push him away from me. Trying to ignore the heat rising to my cheeks. We step into the luxurious penthouse and the atmosphere changes. It's both familiar and foreign at the same time. "Where is your father?" I ask, trying to change the subject and how flushed I am. At what point did I even start having such thoughts? "He went out for air but he will be back soon," he replies, leading me to the spacious living room with a breathtaking view of the city. As we sit down, he gestures for me to start talking. I take a deep breath, trying to push aside the distracting thoughts and emotions. I should hate this man. But it seems his mission is succeeding from the way that my heart is beating so fast. Maybe it’s gratitude that my heart has mistaken for feelings? "We have a problem, your father's actions are putting my career at
Liam My cock hardens just at the thought of having been so close to Emily yesterday. I’ve longed to be by her side for so long and having seen her have wild thoughts as she stared at me did things to me. It’s been two days and I still haven’t recovered from it. “What will you do about Victoria?” Jake asks me, pulling me out of my thoughts and I massage the bridge of my nose as I think through. I will not let any of them get away with it but I need to know who she is working with and to do that, I need to be smart about it. “For now, keep an eye on her. We will start from the outside. They will be pressured once I strip off their armor. Emily looked scared the other day after receiving some sort of message. Look into it and report back to me.” “Yes sir!” “That doctor, the one who works with Emily. Look into him too.” I add I thought the man was just obsessed with Emily when; I laid eyes on him but after what she told me yesterday, it has raised even more concern for me because i
Emily “I think you've already crossed the line!” Nina looks at me as she sips her wine and I groan in frustration. “I don’t know what came over me!” “Well, you bit your husband while he kissed you and later, he cornered you about the kids?” She repeats after me as if trying to make sense out of it but is falling to. The kids are asleep and it’s been two days since my encounter with Liam. I don’t know how he found out my kids were his especially looking at how big New York is. “I’m losing my mind here Nina. I agreed to move in with him and now I told him I’d think about it if I’d allow him to meet them!” “So you practically admitted they’re his kids?” She eyes me and I groan even more at how ridiculous everything sounds especially when you say it out loud. I nod my head and she shakes her head dramatically, “I wonder what else he can make you do once he fucks you if he can bend you like this with just a kiss!” “That’s not all,” I add and she dramatically holds her chest. I put
Liam I chuckle as I see Emily’s face turn pale after hearing that our kids hacked her. Our kids! The thought of it makes my heart warm and seeing how intelligent they are, I bet they will be ready to work for this company sooner or later. I knew I didn’t need any test to know they were mine but just to be sure, while she went home to check on Dad I went and took them from school during break and discreetly asked my doctor to do a DNA test. When the results came out, I was over the moon and forgot to ask them to keep a secret and now seeing how they call me “Dad”, I’d rather it stays this way. When I returned home, she was about to leave and I conered her to tell me the truth and when I threatened to do a DNA test, she wasn’t moved because she thought I didn’t know their new school until I mentioned the name and she went pale. I knew most of her fear was from the thought that I would take them away. I’d never do that, I’ll just make sure we all live as one big happy family. I kn
Emily My heart races as the nurse informs me that my kids are waiting for me at the hospital's reception. Thoughts swirl in my mind, wondering how they found out where I work. Hastily, I make my way down. My breath increases with each step I take as different scenarios hit my mind and what could have possibly happened for them to come here. When I reach the reception area, relief washes over me as I see Kayden and Hayden, their faces lighting up as they spot me. "Mummy over here!" they exclaim in unison, rushing into my arms. I kneel down to their height, a mix of emotions coursing through me. "What are you two doing here? How did you find me?" I ask, trying to keep my tone gentle when I’m actually about to lose my mind. Hayden looks at Kayden, they exchange looks before shrugging casually as though it’s the easiest thing to do. “Remember we placed a GPS on your phone? School finished early so we took a cab here to surprise you.” As much as I’m highly impressed, I’m very upset a