I woke up in the morning with a sore throat and a terrible headache .
Groaning I realised that we were still in the bathtub. The birds were chirping outside . The servants should be up by now .
" Liam , wake up ," my throat ached when I spoke . I was pretty sure that I had succeeded in catching a cold too.
Stupid , I had been so stupid yesterday.
The stupidest thing I had ever done in my life was sleeping in a bath tub with a sick man .
" Liam , wake up ," I shoved him .
" Go away ," he complained," My head hurts ."
" So does mine," I snapped and pushed against him .
The water around us had gone lukewarm. I pressed my palm on his forehead, the temparature seemed colder than normal .
" Can't you be a little gentle in the morning?," he complained ending his sentence with a cough .
"You are going to kill yourself someday ," I muttered angrily," You even have a concert coming , are you going to quack like a duck on the stage? "
He gave up arguing with me and got up .
" Change your clothes !," I ordered and stormed out of his bathroom.
I threw open his closet and brought out his clothes
"Did you wear that all night ?"
I turned to see him behind me , dripping water on the carpet .
I looked down . I was still wear his tshirt with my underwears . I threw the dry clothes at his face . He was concentrating on all the wrong things today .
I got out of his room to run to my floor . I stole glances down the stairs . Thankfully, it was still too early for anyone else in the house to wake up . I would rather jump out of a bridge than be caught sneaking out of Liam's room wearing his drenched clothes .
I took a bath and changed into a fresh pairs of paints and a blue blouse . I was dressing incase I had to drag a stupid dog to the hospital today .
As I came down the stairs , I called the agency to say I was not going to come today . But noone picked it up . I looked at the clock , it was half past four
I barged into Liam's room and froze at the door . He still had not had a shirt on , only a pair of trousers .
He looked up ," You know how to knock right?"
I rolled my eyes , pretending this did not bother me at all , like I was not trying to look at anything in the room but at him. Even the grey fur of his carpet looked more interesting at this moment.
" You need to see a doctor ," I urged ," I don't think it is good to leave things as it is ."
" I will be fine," his tone was dismissive ," I can not waste time on that , I had a practice season with a new dance choreoapher today ."
I crossed my arms , he had never listened to me all my life anyway so I had to play a card that he would not like at all .
" I am sure your mother will be over the moon to receive my call today ," I said .
He pressed his lips together , and started walking towards me ," Is that a threat ?"
I moved my eyes away from him , somehow I felt nervous," That depends on you ."
" Depends on me ? ," he bent his head down ," Julia ? Are you doing this on purpose?"
"Then did you get sick on purpose?," I looked up , annoyed .
There was not even an inch left between us . He pressed his forehead against mine . His gaze made my knees feel like a jelly .
He was doing it again .
" Julia ," he smiled, making a mess out of my heart ," Let's just drop this ."
" Err , drop what ?," leave our conversation, I was forgetting my own name at this point .
" I will see you tonight, let's have dinner together," he kissed my cheek and started walking away .
No wait.
This was not important.
I was missing a point .
I yanked on his shirt and said in a teasing voice," Don't be such a baby Anderson . Does seeing a doctor scared off so so much ? Don't worry I will hold your hands when we go to the hospital."
He flinched for a second , then his cool fingers wrapped around my waist , I could feel them through my clothes ," What did you say ?"
I shivered against his touch." I said don't be such a baby ."
"Why are you acting so stubborn ?," he groaned , pulling me towards him. It seemed so normal for him to hold me like this , as if we had been doing this for a long time .
" It's because you are not taking care of yourself," I pointed out ," I think that as your wife I am legally binded to be worried about you ."
He had been playing the ' husband ' card forever , I could do it too , he should know that .
" So you are playing your rights as my wife ?," his voice made me realise that he was not taking me seriously, at all ," But that comes with other responsibilities and duties too ."
" Yeah? ," I swallowed nervously . Had been not been looking like me like that , I would have long won the argument.
" I hope the authority can take the responsibility," he said and bent down to kiss me .
I placed my palm over his mouth. He rolled his eyes like saying , not again.
" You said that you will ask for permission first ," my throat was dry .
He considered it for a second and then noded .
" My bad ," he mumbled through my palm ," Julia , can I kiss you now ?"
" No ."
" Well , it will take just a minute to persue you anyway ."
I shifted my weight on my other leg , nervously. He was doing it on purpose. I knew it. He wanted me to drop the doctor talk .
" Liam , please ," I begged ," I really thought that I was going to be a widow last night ."
" And you still won't let me kiss you ."
" Stop changing the topic !," I said ," It is still in the morning, I can probably call the security and tell them to give the servants a paid leave for today . We can tell them that we are going out for vacation."
He sighed in defeat ," There is a guy who came back from Europe last year ."
I was so relieved that I jumped in joy and got out of his arms ," Are you going to give a call or do I ?"
" I should ," Liam went to the bed to retrieve his phone ," The problem is any car we take , the news would go to my mother . We can't even hire an online car without letting mother know my destination."
" You should just concentrate on contacting your doctor," I said confidently," Your ride will be here on time ."