Afterward, I left to drop Andres at school, leaving Liam behind at the dining table quietly having his breakfast, Tatiana waited for us to leave before altering out. "Liam! Do you need a nanny, you know I can take care of your son, I am your girlfriend remember?" She says lifting his gaze upon her, "really! You! Take care of my son! Did you forget Andres hates you; he wouldn't even let me get married to you, and trust me, he might be a little child but I listen to him always". Liam walks away from her.
An hour later, I got home and walked past Liam's study room opened, inside was a photo of a woman hung up on the wall. The lady in the picture frame wore a red gown with her hair packed up from touching her back, indeed she was like those princesses in a fantasy story.
"What are you doing here?'.
I didn't know when Liam walked into his study room, the sound of his voice made it known that his voice was getting aggravated by the moment.
I veered back to see the anger in his eyes, as he fills up the distance between us within a split second.
"Sara! Why are you here?". He copies his words to me, waiting to hear the excuse I give him.
"Nothing sir!" I answered back, although I told on it was nothing, Liam shifted his eye to the picture behind me and figured it out.
"It's nothing? Tell me the truth, you walked in here because of this picture frame right? You're curious about the lady, aren't you?'. He says to me and that does about sums up everything. Yes Sir!" I said turning my eyes rearward.
"Okay! The lady you see on this picture frame is Andre's late mom, she died of cancer, and right about now, I need you to go out there and help with the preparation of her death anniversary, please".
I walked out of the room, not a single word came out from my lips, as I veered downstairs to see everyone busy, I walked into their midst and joined in the preparation, thus! A few hours later, we all pack up the decorations we used and left there sparkling clean.
One after the other, family and friends came in, seated amongst each other in the living room. Not quite long, Liam walks out of this room, holding onto his late wife's frame in his hand. He was clothed in a black gown, while beside him was Andres, who also was dressed in the same color.
They veered closer and dropped the frame at the center of the room, Liam and his son stood quietly, their head placed downwards, as we all did the same paying our respect to the late Mrs. Elena Khan, Liam's and Andres's late wife and mother.
For the past two hours, we stay quiet but some people tend not to keep to traditions, Tatiana stylishly sneaked out of the room, with a bottle of champagne in her hand. I still couldn't find what Liam saw in her, unbelievable.
(10:00pm)
I carried Andres back to his room, while Liam thanked everyone for making time to attend his wife's death anniversary, under such notice, after tucking Andres to bed, I walked back out and saw Liam drowning himself in alcohol. He seats with his hand on his hand, the button on his gown was slowly opening.
It hadn't been up to an hour I left him to tuck Andres to bed, and now he ends up creating a mess of himself.
He lifts his head and saw the long face I had on as he shoots a smile at me. "Hey! you're here?" He gets up from the ground, staggering his way to me.
"Oops! Be careful" I said as he trips on me, reeking of alcohol. "I am fine, Sara!" He pulls a step backward, facing the nearest way to his room.
I watched as he staggered looming his eyes, he struggled to identify his room, ambling into mine.
He wears off his shirt, falling his whole weight on the bed, as I rushed in to see him sleeping soundly, hurling the bedsheet over him.
I reinstated my eyes back to the door, but halted when Liam held my hand, he pulled me closer as I fall on him, for someone who I thought was sleeping, he sure knows how to act.
"Hi, there!" With so much love in his eyes, he says to me, shooting a smile.
I knew it was the alcohol talking and not him, it cannot possibly be Liam, or can it?. I looked on quietly as he tugs my hair behind my ears.
It felt uncomfortable to begin this close to him, the smell of his perfume lingered, his eyes refused to derail from mine, suddenly he locks my hands behind my back, "Liam! What are you doing?". I looked back and noticed my arms locked with a rope, returning my eyes to him, "Liam! Let go of me? What are you doing?" I copied and pasted my initial words to her, his looks on Slowly pulling down the zip of my gown.
"Oh shit! What's his doing?" That's my head talking, and now my lips weave up the same question, "Liam!" I called out once more but I felt he was spaced out and didn't know what he was doing.
My suspicion came to a halt when he called out a name instead of mine, "Karina!".
The strange name got me speechless, I should have known it was the alcohol talking and not him, thus if anyone comes in here and finds us in this awkward position, all hell will surely break loose, and if Tatiana was the one to see us.
"Liam!"
I moved my head around, in attempts to block his lips from mowing close to mine, it got to a point, where he held his hand on my face and forcefully pokes his face closer to mine and leaves a kiss on my lips, my eyes widened up in a state of trying to comprehend what was happening, he pulls backs after a while and instantly fell asleep, forgetting that my hands were tied behind my back.
"Urgh!" I tried so hard to get it loosened but its knot was tied tightly, I needed someone to untie me...
"Andre's!"
I turned back to leave so I could get Andre's help, I veered closer to his room and tried everything possible to ensure I don't come across Tatiana, that bitch has been suspicious about me ever since I came to the mansion.
"Andre's! Are you here?".
I veered into his room and noticed he wasn't in, I turned to leave but noticed the same person I tried hard not to see, standing right in front of me and with a hard look on her face.
"I heard you calling out to Andre's! I saw him walking to the corridor" she Informes me, in a rather calm voice, "thank you" I said but deep down, I felt she was up to something, she moves out of my way and this time I did not even have to fight for it.
She looked at me and noticed my hands tied behind my back, "do you need help?".My feet froze heeding to her words, I returned my eyes jiggling my head, I contemplated as she moves nearer."May I?"She tugged her hand out, and I reciprocated by bringing out my tied hand out.She warmly smiles, removing the tied knot in my hand, "thank you, Tatiana!" Not a word said she moves out of the room.The following morning, I had just come back from my early morning jog, I pushed the door open and walked in on Liam seated alongside some men wearing a dark-colored suit.They whirled and took sight of me, I walked past after greeting, heading to my room.An hour later, Liam strolled in and saw me strolling out of the bathroom, "oops! Am sorry".He turns his back at me, lifting mine in a tensed manner, " l-Liam, what are you d
I couldn't take my eyes off the streets of London, never would I think of visiting here someday, the car stopped at the main entrance of the hotel we were going to stay, we all step out of the car and veered into the hotel."Oh my goodness".I became speechless the second I stepped in, Liam took a glance and smiled seeing how busy I was looming my eyes around.We all went to our rooms, my room was in-between Liam and Mike's room. Swiftly I took a step out and opened the glass door of my room, there I could see from a far distance, thus not quite long both brothers stepped out and at a headcount turned to notice me there."Fancy meeting you here?"They both altered at the same time, prying each other's eyes. I turned and looked, and not quite long Tatiana veered out from Liam's room."Babe, who are you talking to?".She turned and the look of
Bit by bit, little by little, the effect of drink had a turn of me, unexplainably I nudged Liam from the boulder we were both seated on- but he pulled me down as well."Urgh!"I fell like a log, as we both face each other, he wears a smile removing a strain of hair from my lips, smurfing my lipstick."Beautiful! You have such beautiful eyes, do you know that?".I heard him talk and noticed he also was under the influence of the drink we just had, somehow it felt like the whole came to a standstill, everyone around there stopped walking and it was left just the two of us, in each other's arms.Liam had the most beautiful eyes, his hands were soft like that of a baby, we lost gazed at each other when the rest of the family walked in on us, "is that Liam?"Tatiana sewed Mike's eyes over and before he could reckon what was going on, she tries to stump
Mike paced around in a tense manner, Tatiana walked out of the room and pleaded with him to calm down, she says and I quote, "can you stop acting like a kid? Be rational for once and don't like Liam doubt you?'. She says with a stern warning.He buffed out a deep breath and walked back in without saying a word to her, Liam and I hoisted our heads and viewed him seating among us."Drama king?". He shoots a weak smile continuing talking, finally, after an hour, the meeting came to an end, before it did, Liam kept made my presence felt there which kept nudging his brother to the wall.The seats and watches Mike leave the room as well Tatiana who walked behind him after giving me a poisonous look."Don't pay any attention to Tatiana! She's as always been like this?".I fell my eyes over to Liam shooting a smile at me, for some reason he felt calm after what happened a while ago i
I buffed out a deep breath, when I felt a hand ran through mine, I whirled and saw Andres holding me."Miss Sara, are you going to leave dad and me?". He asked in his little voice, I bent over hurling him close to me, " no! I am not! Until your father gets a new caretaker for you!". I said.Like a kid, he frowns his face and pulled my hands away from his shoulders, his demeanor changed towards me, "why miss Sara? Don't you love me anymore? Remember you promised that you will not leave me then why are you saying this?".It hurt me to see him like this, during my stay, I have gotten to love him as if he was my son, but with what happened I felt it was best, I left, never to return in their lives.While I tried to find my words to explain, I had no idea that Andres took hold of a broken bottle from the ground, he pulls out his hand in an attempt to injure himself." son! No?"
Liam lifted his gaze at him, as he veered closer, "yes! Like any other person, I do care Mike, so what are you saying?".A weird expression draped around his face (Mike), "oh please brother, don't preach the act of humanity to me, but you do know the importance you give to her is quite different from what you give other, brother!". He retorts back to him."How! I don't understand" Liam fills up the space between them looking into the eyes of his brother.Mike veered a step, "what don't you understand? Can't you see or you just don't want to". He turns to his nephew who kept geeking at them, sewing Liam's eyes as well, he says, "Son, can you please excuse your uncle and me, why don't you go and out and have an ice cream, I'll meet there when am done".They watched as he veered away in a hurry, before they proceeded with their conversation, " so tell me mike?".
Before the day came to an end, Liam rounded up his business meetings with the presumed investors and asked we get our things ready and return home.After a bumpy ride home, the plane landed, as we all veered away in opposite directions. Mike walked upstairs to his room, whereas Tatiana veered back out of the house, and left the rest of us back home."Don't mind them" Liam nudged me gaining my attention over to,' him, as I asked a question. "Liam! Are you sure what you're doing is the right thing, don't you think it might stare upload of the problem?".He pulled a step backward-looking to read the expression I had on, "hmm! I can see the fear in your eyes, you sure don't wanna die right?". His lips shape up smiling, and that there wasn't the time to tease me."Well yeah, do you wanna die?". I copied back his words to him, he shook his head answering back, "no I do not but trust me, we all will die one-day
Liam couldn't get himself together, he quietly walked away, to his room."Liam?"Elena tries to go after him, but halted when Mike held her, "where do you think! You're going?". He inquires knowing fully well the answer to his question.She runs a serious look at him, veering a two-step backward, "get the hell out of my way Mike, or else you won't like me at all?".The threatening voice she used, lowered his eyes down, he moves out of her away like a good little boy, as she veered over to Liam's room."May I come in, Liam?".It gained his attention, as he gave in to her words, Elena moved closer to him wearing a weak smile.She says: "I know you might be shocked but let me explain myself, please".Her magic words urged Liam to give ears to her explanation, he seats on the bed idling for her explanation.