Chapter 38


    " I''ll rephrase that, I don''t love her " Liam said, calmly this time.


    Alex waved his Brandy in front of him to show he wasn''t buying Liam''stter reply.


    " You do love her, would it hurt so much to admit it? " He asked


    " I don''t! We''re only bound by the damn contract! " Liam shouted exasperatedly


    " Calm down boy " Alex said,ughing and took a swig from the bottle.


    " I''m trying to " Liam replied in frustration


    " No you aren''t " Alex countered back and slurped.


    " E " Liam muttered, sounding disgusted


    Alex smiled sheepishly " Sorry, my bad. So what''s up? "


    " With? " Liam asked


    " I thought you ran here, being the safest ce, because there''s trouble in paradise? " Alex asked


    with a small frown.


    Liam red at him " There''s no trouble and definitely no paradise anywhere "


    " Yeah sure " Came Alex''s sarcastic reply


    " Look, I''m tired of going around in circles so let''s get down to business, why are you here instead of


    being between your wife''s legs? " Alex asked in all seriousness.


    Liam shot him another death re before the hard stare finally disappeared, reced with a calm


    one.


    " I... I don''t know... The thing is, we kinda argued before I left home " He said with a weary sigh.


    Alex didn''t look as surprised as he expected " So? "


    Liam gave him a hard stare " So I''m here "


    Alex shook his head " Dumbass, I meant to ask what you intend to do now that you fought, I know


    you have the hots for her "


    Liam closed his eyes briefly, trying to figure out how to reason with his idiotic friend " I didn''t fight


    her, I said we kinda got into an argument "


    " Yeah I get it, so what do you wanna do now? " Alex asked, finally sumbing to his friend''s


    exnation.


    " I don''t know honestly " Liam replied with a frustrated sigh.


    " Well, go to her and apologize, you should be with her anyways " Alex suggested casually and


    popped his feet on the table before him.


    " I can''t " Liam muttered with a shake of his head to emphasize his strong decision.


    " Why? " Alex countered, starting to get irritated by his friend''s attitude. He knew Liam loved the girl


    but he was just too stubborn to admit it, even to himself. He should spare himself the torture and go


    to her but knowing how stubborn his friend was, he would reject his suggestion instantly.


    " She... She... " Liam struggled to get the words out but finally ended up sighing.


    " Well? " Alex prompted with a raised eyebrow.


    " I... Just can''t " Liam replied with difficulty


    Alex shot him a dark re " Then why did you ask to talk if you were going to do the exact


    opposite? "


    Liam sneered in return " Believe me, this is thest ce I want to be, I came here because I can''t


    go to work without spections arising, I ought to be with my wife, remember? " He took a pause


    and looked at Alex


    Alex scoffed " The wife you''re scared to go to "


    Liam ignored him and continued " I can''t go to work without my employees throwing questioning


    looks in my direction, I need to protect her reputation "


    Alex smirked " Coming from someone who doesn''t seem to care for a certain someone "


    Liam red at him " I did not say I don''t care about her, I just don''t love her, we''re bound by a


    contract, remember?  "


    " Yeah, the damn contract " Alex muttered in reply.


    " Just cut yourself some ck, will you? You know what you feel for Ca is much more than that "


    He added with a grimace.


    " I care for her, Alex, I promised her I will " Liam said quietly, more to convince himself than to his


    friend.


    " And you love her, would it hurt you so much to admit that? " Alex asked


    " Okay I''m done with this " Liam said, getting up " On second thought, I think I''d better go to work


    than sit here and listen to more gibberish you''re saying "


    " Oh you wouldn''t do that " Alex said confidently and smirked, before taking a long swig from his


    drink.


    " Go to hell " Liam spatted out.


    " Oh, we''re definitely going together " Alex said with augh and slurped.


    " I''m off " Liam said, already going out.


    " Love you too baby! " Alex yelled after him


    " Jackass " Liam muttered under his breath as he drove off.


    His phone rang the moment he drove into the executive parking space of hispany. He checked


    the caller ID and a smile escaped his lips as he saw who it was. It was no other person than his


    wife, Ca.


    " Hi " Came her sweet voice from the other end. She sounded uncertain, somewhat.


    " Hey " He replied coolly


    " Where are you? " She asked in the same uncertain voice.


    " Work " He replied in a monotone voice, making sure he sounded emotionless.


    " Oh " Now she sounded disappointed, as if she couldn''t believe he actually went through with his


    threat and went to work when they were supposed to be together as newly wedded couple.


    " Yeah " He replied and waited for her to say something. When she didn''t say anything after some


    minutes, he asked " Well? "


    " Uh... Nevermind " She replied quietly and was on the verge of hanging up but his voice stopped


    her.


    " Ca ke, what is it? You would call me without a reason, you know that " Liam said, in a bid to


    make her talk.


    " Uh... Yeah, I just wanted you to... " She paused and took a deep breath before she went on " I just


    wanted to tell you toe home "


    " Why? " He asked with a frown, wondering why on earth she woy ask him toe home when she


    could barely tolerate his presence that she locked herself in the bathroom. He was still pained by


    the action, he knew. Running away from him didn''t bade well, he hated it when someone did that.  ? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    " Surprise, so are youing? " Her voice had taken on a sexy tone.


    " Sure " He replied eagerly and made a U-turn to the bewildered look of the security guys.