My back started throbbing more as the time went by .
Thankfully there was no fractures ...no ribs broken .
I had it way worse when I stayed with my father .
Thankfully Liam , also did not need any stiches . I was ready to stay up the night so he would not leave me again.
Only good thing was my mother-in-law permitted my friends' temporary stay in the Gengen penthouse while I and Liam stayed at our house for the night .
Inspite of my better judgement, I fell asleep . The pain killers in my blood worked like a lullaby .
When I opened my eyes again , Liam was gone .
Panicked , I ran out of the room , calling his name .
I kept remembering the stranger he was yesterday.
" Liam ?!," terror was slowly rising in my blood .
" I am here !"
I heard his voice from dining room.
I ran down the stairs .
He was sitting on the sofa . And there was a man kneeling before him on the floor . I recognised that man . He was the CEO of our agency Raymond Stones .
Mr. Stones glanced at me pitifully as Liam greeted me with a smile ," Come and have breakfast."
There were fruits and salads served on the table . Even though I was feeling hungry , it felt wrong to just go sit beside him while my boss at work was kneeling on the floor.
" Sit ," there was an authority in Liam's voice, but there was also gentleness .
I hesitated.
" My sick wife shouldn't be standing like this , right Mr. Stones ?,"Liam attacked the CEO , instead .
" Ofcourse, ofcourse, please Ms. Autumn," he turned at me ,his eyes now begging ," Please ."
I reluctantly sat beside my husband who shoved the fruit bowl on my lap .
" The strawberries are really good ," he said . It was almost like we were a normal couple having a mundane conversation.
" If - if you would like , I can arrange some high quality fruits for you ," Mr. Stone was now grasping at any straw ...I could not understand at all .
It was true that Mr. Stone respected Andersons for their influence in industry . But CEO was a egoistic man . When my husband was not around , he did not bother to sugarcoat his words with me , even if he knew that there was a risk that I might complain to my husband about his different attitudes towards me .
The same man , now ,was kneeling before us .
It took me a second to realise that other than the breakfast there was also something else on the table .
A bunch of pictures were scattered around there . I could recognise Mr. Stone in them even though he looked pretty young in the pictures.
And there was a girl beside him who looked like she was in middle school .
I stared back at Liam with questions in my eyes ," What is this ?"
" Oh , you must not have heard about Mr. Stone's relationships ," Liam smirked ," Figures since our CEO likes to keep his professional and private life seperated . That's actually admiring , right ?"
" Right ," confused I picked up a picture ," That girl is -"
" I swear that it was an innocent mistake when I was young !,"Mr. Stone yelped.
" An innocent mistake? ," Liam laughed out ," Oh please , there is nothing innocent about getting a middle schooler girlfriend pregnant."
" I-I was young ," Mr. Stone's was sweating buckets now ," And we were on love....."
" Do you hear this ?," Liam startled me by laughing out louder ," What a pig ! You were twenty five , you fucking pedophile and that girl was fourteen . "
" I have already compensated her ," Mr.Stone hit his head to the floor ," Please , I have a son and a wife now ."
" And how excited they will be when they find out that they are living in the house of a predator ."
" Please , please , save me ," Mr. Stone grabbed his foot ," I am still paying for that girl's study in abroad . And I have been saving some money in an account so she can open her own business someday . I am trying my best to make up for my sins !"
" I did not know you can pay back a victim after raping her ," Liam's voice chilled me to my bone," You can give this excuse to the media later ."
" I will have to die then ," he broke down sobbing ," I will have to shoot myself."
" Really ? Then go on ," Liam said .
There was a cruel amusement in his voice as he flickered his finger to call a servant," Bring my gun and give it to our honoured guest here ."
They were really bringing out Liam's revolver . As the shiny piece of metal found its place on the table , I realised that the situation was slowly getting out of my hand.
" Liam -," I warned him .
This was not how I wanted it to be . He needed to stop.
I was cut off my whimpers of Mr. Stone ," Why are you doing this to me ? "
" You still have not figured it out ?," Liam raised an eyebrow," You know what , I should just call my friends from SBC news channels here and we all can talk ."
" No , no ,no ," Mr. Stone hurried ," I know that you are upset about what happened to your wife but it was not our fault. Infact , we tried our best so that her name is not soiled ."
" You placed a monster beside my wife . And you made her sign a stupid non disclosure paper so that she will not report to the police ," Liam sneered ," Tell me Mr. Stone , didn't you promise to inform me of every incident that affects my wife , here ? Then why do I have to listen from her friends that a bastard tried to force her to undress before him and you did nothing but cover up everything to save your own ass ."
Tears burnt my throat .
I realised that Liam had already talked with my friends. Who else could tell him about this incident ? Not our agency ....or his other sources who probably had little to no idea about it .
This was one of the things I wanted to have them hidden forever .
" But involving police will furnish your wife's name more," the CEO wailed ," I did everything to protect everyone ."
" And look where it led you to ," Liam said ," And I am still waiting for you to shoot yourself. Go on ."
I knew that I could no longer let it carry on .
" Liam stop ," God , I was so tired being tangled in my past like this .