Chapter 18

"A question?" She asked as her brows raised up in a questioning manner.

"Yes, a question." He repeated.

"And that is?" She asked.

"You said you were ready to love because that's love and it comes with pain. Does this mean you are open for a relationship?" He asked her.

She hissed. "Yes and you are not an option not after how you treated me." She said nonchalantly.

He was taken aback by her statement. He smirked and then pinched the bridge of her nose lightly. "How did I treat you miss?" He asked with a questioning brow.

She hmph, "How did I know that. Obviously you have others to speak to and I'm defined as disturbing right?" She scoffed as she looked away.

Chris pulled her closer to him as she grabbed her waist taking her off guard. Her eyes widened at his small action and her heart began to beat as his hands were on her bare waist sending shivers down her spine.

Her mouth parted slightly from his action. Her eyes fluttered as they bore him. He used his thumb to caress her bare skin making her feel hot all over her body.

"What...what are you doing?" She asked with a calm tone. Her voice came out lower than she expected.

"What does Lily look like?" He replied. His voice came out husky yet suave making a jolt of electricity run down her spine.

Just earlier she was bold and acting strong but now she has melted to his touch that she could hardly comprehend anything or think of what to do or say next.

A lopsided grin formed on Liam's face as he saw the effect he had one her. He was satisfied by it and that made his ego boost. Looking into her eyes, he could tell she feels the same way she feels for him.

Asides his first love, no other woman had made him feel this way. No woman has shaken him off his feet as he was the one dominating but Lily had done that without doing much and it drove him more crazy as she pushed him whenever he pulled her closer.

He respected her boundaries as he knew she needed it and supported her with anything she wanted. Just a glance at Lily and he is meeting.

The way she spoke to the way she walked and the way her eyes fluttered when she smiled and how she snickered whenever she was pissed. He loved how her cheek would turn red whenever she was embarrassed and how she licked her lips to how she wipes her tip with her tongue.

Everything she did in front of him was like magic and like a magnet, she pulled him closer with her action even when she expected him to leave.

"Lily." He called.

Lily shivered from the tone he had used to call her name. It was deep and husky and that moment it felt as if there was nothing around her other than him.

She felt mesmerized by his eyes and the way his eye fluttered.

"Lily," he called again in a whisper and she shivered in his arms as if she had been beaten by rain. The way he called her name was so pleasant in her ears.

Lily was completely lost that she had failed to reply to him. All she could see was his lips and his eyes as her eyes moved back and forth from his lips to his eyes.

Liam noticed what she was looking at and he smiled. "Lily," he called again and this time she was startled as she was brought out of her reverie.

"What?" She asked him.

"You said you are open for a relationship right?" He asked caressing her bare waist wut his thumb. He knew exactly what he was doing by caressing her waist but Lily didn't know

"Y...yes." she replied, stuttering.

"Are you open for one with me?" He asked her. As he spoke, his eyes were staring at hers. He wanted to pass his emotions to her through his eyes too.

"W...you..." She tried as she thought of what to say. He had completely distracted her by his actions and she couldn't comprehend anything.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" He said and she hiccuped. His words had taken her by shock that she couldn't hide the shock on her face.

Liam observed her face carefully as he impatiently waited for her reply. He was nervous as she wasn't saying anything and as much as he felt she liked him, he knew there were also chances of her rejecting him.

Lily hiccuped again. She wasn't sure expecting him to ask her out of the blues. Although she knew in her heart she liked Liam, she wasn't sure if she should give it a go with him yet. Compared to last year, she felt nothing more for him but as time went by, she began to develop a romantic feeling for him.

Her eyes stared at him and she could tell he was waiting for an answer. She didn't want to break his heart and she wasn't sure if he'd understand her to the point of waiting. She wanted to date him but she was scared to date him. She knew love involved pain but the last one she had scared the hell out of her. It broke her and she wanted to give this new one a trail but she was scared and it wasn't that she scared of Liam hurting her but she was scared of her hurting him.

She wondered if she'd be able to love him as much as he did. She did like him but would she be able to show enough care for her?

If she rejected him, there were chances of him moving on as he has started giving me attitude for the words she said to him and she liked him and was too selfish to let him go.

In other words, she liked him but she didn't want anything to do with him yet. She didn't want him going out with others or not giving her attention. She was confused at the moment.

"Lily," he called again, his voice wavering.

Then it dawned on her that she was scaring him and her heart raced out of fear.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" He asked again. This time, his hands had stopped moving around her bare waist as he was nervous as hell.

"Liam..." She paused as she took in a deep breath. It was as if every seconds that passed were like minutes to Liam as he couldn't handle the suspense any more.

"Yes." She finally voiced out.

A big smile formed on Liam's face as soon as Lily said the word 'yes'. He lifted her up and swirled her around as she giggled from his actions. "Stop it Liam!" She said as she struggled to get a hold of herself while he swirled her around.

"Gosh! I am so happy!" He said excitedly. After some seconds, he put her down on her feet while she tried to get a hold of herself from laughing.

"You are crazy Liam!" She said as she placed her hands on his shoulder holding herself.

"Yes I am crazy!" He exclaimed. "I am crazy for you Liliana!" He shouted.

He leaned down and kissed her both cheeks. "You had me scared for a while Lily. I thought you were going to reject me." He confessed and she smiled.

"Same way you made me look like food earlier?" She chastise and he smiled.

"You know.how to hold grudges, don't you?" He asked with a questioning brow.

She shrugged, "I do not. Maybe I learnt from you after all you didn't speak to me and lied about your location all for the sake of..." She shrugged as she didn't want to say why was in her mind.

"All for the sake of what?" He asked. He wanted to know what she wanted to say. Lily was unpredictable and he could tell she was disturbed by something.

"Go on, speak." He said.

Lily bit her tongue. She knew she shouldn't take everything seriously and she had just said yes to him already, she wouldn't want to jeopardize it.

She shook her head as she smiled at him. "Worry not. I'm kidding," she giggled.

He moved closer to her and grabbed her waist with his hands. "Thanks so much." He said to her and leaned to peck her forehead.

"I'm so glad. I was so scared." He confessed again.

"What do we do next?" She asked him.

"Well, what do you want to do? I mean we can't go back upstairs and besides I've lost interest in whatever they have to say upstairs." He said and Lily chuckled.

"Your mood swings from level zero to hundred in less than a minute. Just earlier you were too busy for me and now you have all the time in the world?" She blushed. She was glad the Liam she knew was back.

Liam who created time for her even if it was little. She had gotten so attached to his presence that she was affected by it over the past two days. He had grown on her and as much as it excited her, it terrified her too.

"Well, I'm sorry. I would do anything to make you forgive me." He said.

"Anything?" She raised her brows in a questioning manner.

"Yes. Anything." He replied eagerly and she chuckled

"Okay. I will think of that." She tells him.

"Let me go and tell the guys upstairs I would be leaving or maybe I should just text them so we can go and have time for ourselves." He tells her to bring his phone out of his pants pocket to text them.

"I will go upstairs to tell Dorothy and Stacy. They must be worried." He tells him.

"Okay." He said to her.

"I will go and get my car. I will be waiting." He said to her before she walked back into the club. As soon as he was sure she was inside, he went to get his car.

Dorothy and Stacy were worried about their friend. As much as they wanted to understand from Liam's perspective, they just couldn't. He had lied to Lily and had treated her differently than he usually does in front of people.

Lily easily got hurt and they knew he had really hurt her. Their thoughts changed when they saw Lily coming towards them with a smiling facial expression.

They both gave one another a knowing look before looking back at their friend who seemed to be smiling uncontrollably.

"Did you win money? I mean you do have money but what is it that is making you smile so big?" Dorothy asked.

Lily blushed more. "Well, I didn't win any money but I am definitely in a good mood now." She tells them not to disclose as much to them as she wanted to.

"Hmm." Stacy sighed. "Really? Earlier you had gone out with Liam and now you are back with a smile on your face and it's nothing much?" Stacy asked.

"Well I did go out with him. I cannot say much but yes we spoke and all but it's good now." She said.

"I am so damn confused and I need clarification." Dorothy said firmly.

Lily chuckled at her friend's facial expression, they were taking it too seriously. "Okay, okay. Fine I will tell you." She said to them.

"Now spill." Dorothy and Stacy said simultaneously.

"Well Liam and I spoke. He was sorry and didn't mean to do it although he did it but..." She trailed off as she couldn't contain her excitement.

"But?" They both asked as they stared at their friend, scrutinizing her.

"Well...he asked me to be his girlfriend." She finally said excitedly.

"Wow! And?" They spoke again simultaneously.

"And I said yes." She revealed.