Chapter 148. For the Best

LILY’S POV

 “What?...” I squinted at him, baffled. “A…are you serious about this?” 

 “Yes,” he nodded softly. “I don’t blame them for what they did. They just wanted us to stop fighting and get back together. And before you think that I made them do it, I didn’t.” 

 I knew he wasn’t lying about this because his expression was genuine. I couldn’t believe Liam and Lila put me up to this. I was thrown off balance and nearly lost my sense of living because of that ultimatum, thinking I might just wake up one morning and not see them again. 

 They had given me a week, and this was the fifth day with just two days remaining for the time to elapse. With every day that went by, I felt more desperate, more lost and more afraid. But now that Liam was severely injured and wouldn’t be able to use his right leg properly till after physical therapy, I believed that would ruin their plans because, after the surgery, he’d be in no condition