' Morning glow ' resturant had this peculiar custom that you must sit beside your marital partner .
That was awkward when Jewel Anderson , Liam's sister took the seat beside him and left me a single seat at the end of the row like some divorced singular .
It was better to be nonexistent in dinners like this anyway , rather than having them nitpick every inch of my skin and break down pieces of my life like some part of twisted entertainment they had .
One of the server started gently remind Jewel Anderson about the resturant custom ( I mean, ofcourse, everyone knew that Jewel was his sister , they had been in frontpages of newspapers for too many times so nobody could forget that ) .
But Jewel hated not being in the centre of everything and anything .
"Liam should sit with me rather than that b-list idol right there ."
Heh , the B- list idol who won ' Global Sensation ' international award two years ago .
I scoffed .
That pissed Jewel off .
" You know that you do nothing about being his wife , your family is leeching off us while you can not do the least a wife should do ."
" Quiet Jewel ," Chairwoman Anderson spoke ," No matter how poorly cultured Autumn is , she is still your sister-in-law, you know better than insult her in a dinner party ."
Liam put down his spoon , clanking it so hard against the plate that I jumped .
" Are we going to keep doing this ? If it is going to happen everytime we are gathering , I would rather not come ," Liam started to get up .
" Sit down ," Mrs Anderson said in a soft voice , but her voice had that authority," Don't be disrespectful to the food served to you ."
" Food served with insults is not appetizing, mother ," Liam was already getting up in two minutes of sitting down .
" Now you are doing this ? ," Chairwoman snapped ," You don't even come home ."
" And you wonder why after treating us like this each damn time we are visiting! Get up now , Julia ."
I fumbled with my spoon , then deciding it put it down .
Wonderful dinner it was .
The food was still being served . The chefs were frozen wondering what to do .
" We have not even talked about your scandal with Mira Palmer ," Mrs Anderson urged .
" Let's go now , Julia ," Liam grabbed my arm , in an attempt to drag me with him.
But it was one thing I also wanted to hear about .
I stood my ground .
" Yes , I am dating her ," Liam sighed ," She is someone comforting to me ."
I yanked my arm away from him and started walking .
" Julia ?"
The tears were choking my throat ,but the jerk did not deserve it see me like this .
It was all a lie .
I knew that our marriage was all a lie .
There were no feelings from him . Maybe he had to marry because his parents forced him , like like it happened with me .
But why was my heart breaking now ?
Why was I so stupid to delude myself thinking that we had a home ?
" Where are you going ?," Liam had already reached me ," I will call Seymore ."
" I can call him ," I tried my best to not let my voice tremble .
" I have a live stream and after that I can explain it to you in a few days ," his words made no sense .
" You don't need to explain anything," I told him .
" What now ?"
" WHY WOULD YOU EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO ME ?," I snapped.
" Hey , who are you to shout at my brother like that !," Jewel had caught up with us ," How dare you talk to him like that ? You know Mira would be wayyyyy better as his wife than you ."
"Oh just shut up Jewel !," Liam was shouting now .
" You know how right I am Liam ! Mira Palmer is the second daughter of CEO of Summit Co Enterprise , you know, even if mother does not say it to your face but she also will like Mira more than this nobody's child ."
" Don't talk about my family like that ," my voice was trembling now .
" Julia ," Liam was holding his palms up as if he was trying to defend against me , when his family was the one who always tried to tear me with their words .
" Julia ."
Someone else called my name.
I looked up to see a guy standing a little left ten steps back from Liam .
From his uniform I could tell he was one of the servers of 'Morning glow ' resturant.
" Who is this ?," Liam asked .
" It's me , Julia ," the guy was just looking at me.
It took me a second to understand that it was not a dream .
Before I could utter his name in my lips to ask him if he was who I thought that he was .
He opened his arms , smiling devilishly .
I pushed Liam out of the way and ran into his arms.
" It's you , it is really you ," my voice was now melting into tears .
But he was laughing ," Eww , eww the snots ."
" Julia ! Who is that ?," Liam had one arm on my back .
I shook him off .
" I don't want to be here ," I felt like I was a child again .
The server looked at me with an evil grin " Wait a second ." And he holded Liam by the collar of his shirt and punched his face .
Liam fell on the floor .
Jewel was screaming ," SECURITY ! SECURITY !"
In the chaos , he took my hand and led me to a bike.
I did not question him for a second .
Soon, we were racing on the highway . He did not wear helmet but he made me wear one .
" You did not need to punch him Jasper , what if he sues you for assault ," I punched my rescuer lightly on his shoulder.
" I don't mind that . He deserves that punch for hurting my sister ."