Chapter 13. Demanding for the Truth

“Are you okay?”

I was so engrossed in the dreadful thoughts of where this web of lies and deceit would take us, pondering what lies at the end of this tunnel, so lost in the uncertainties that I didn’t realize how and when Liam got up from the bed and strode to me. And now, I just snapped back to reality, only to find my shoulders caged in his warm arms, his eyes searching my face.

They say that in everything, prevention is always better than cure, right? But we didn’t even try to forbid things from happening between us—things that should not have happened to start with. And now, I do not see them stopping anytime soon. I mean, he has the guts to come to my room even when his wife is around. Even after his wife’s warning this morning, he seems so gullible about the dangers that his actions are posing. So, does this mean that doom is inevitable for us?

With all the gentleness I can amass, I pull myself away from his hold, taking a step back, and he cocks his head to