Chapter 228

Thankfully, Liam and Danielle were the only ones living upstairs, away from his mother and daughter. And since both of them were sound asleep, they hadn’t heard anything. Otherwise, if they had been startled awake, Liam would have wished he could crawl into a hole and disappear.

It became clear to Liam that he had been having a streak of bad luck lately, with unexpected incidents like this happening more frequently.

"Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket or something..." Liam muttered in frustration as he lit a cigarette to calm himself down.

After a while, he stepped out to retrieve the slipper Danielle had lost, placing it outside her door before leaving.

Since the situation had already spiraled out of control, Liam knew there was no point in dwelling on it, so he decided to stop worrying.

He muted the computer and resumed watching the video.

Unlike Danny, Liam had no particular interest in such things. In fact, he had seen plenty of the