CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE
Alyssa and Liam entered the vehicle, and they started their journey. Liam didn’t know how he felt about Alyssa travelling with him, he had thought that he was going to travel alone, but now that she was there with him, there was nothing that he could do about it.
Alyssa, on the other hand, was thankful to Liam for allowing her to follow him. She was really eager to see her son, and she wasn’t sure if she had survived without him. She had been thinking about how she would sneak into the vehicle to follow Liam, so when he asked her to follow him, she was really excited.Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.
Something was still bothering her, though, but she wasn’t sure if she wanted to tell Liam about it. She didn’t know how they still got his things from her house, without her knowing.
She looked at him to gauge his reaction. He didn’t look angry, neither did he look happy, he just looked… normal.
The fact that they still weren’t really cool with each other, made the surrounding air a bit…choking.
Neither of them knew when to talk and even if they did, they didn’t know what to say to each other.
The silence in the vehicle was killing Alyssa, but she wanted to avoid saying anything, so she wouldn’t upset Liam.
She didn’t intend to upset him because she wanted to see her son badly, and she was trying to avoid anything that’d prevent that.
The vehicle hit a bump and it stopped working. Liam looked at Alyssa, and he saw that she was also surprised.
Both Liam and Alyssa got down to see what was wrong with it. When Liam inspected it for a while, he saw that the tyre was a bit punctured, and it would require a professional to fix it.
He instantly became worried and a bit angry because of the way Alyssa was grumbling under her breath.
She continued doing that for about a minute and half, and it got to a stage that Liam couldn’t just take it any more. He stopped inspecting the tyre, and he stood up to face Alyssa.
“What is your problem? Why have you been grumbling under your breath?” Liam asked angrily, and Alyssa dramatically widened her eyes at his ‘mean’ comments.
Alyssa didn’t answer him, she backed away from him instead and turned her head to the opposite direction. She had so many things to say to him, but she would rather not insult him.
Liam waited for a few seconds, waiting for a reply from her because he hates being ignored and Alyssa knew that!
He wanted to grab her face and push her to a wall and make her talk, but he didn’t do any of those things. Not because he didn’t want to, but because he wasn’t sure if it was going to help the matter that was on the ground.
Alyssa walked away from Liam, and she didn’t stop walking. She kept on walking far away from him and Liam decided to follow her.
“Where are you going?” He asked her, while grabbing her shoulders. Alyssa frowned at him because she didn’t understand why he was holding her like she was going to fall any moment.
It seemed like his eyes were locked onto hers, and he couldn’t stop, more like he would rather not stop.
When Alyssa was unable to take it, she snapped her fingers, and he snapped out of his thoughts. She used her head to pint at her shoulders, and he let out a little cough before leaving her shoulders.
“What is wrong with you? Why are you being possessive?” Alyssa suddenly said when Liam didn’t say the reason for his weird action.
“Possessive of whom? Oh, you? Yuck. I didn’t want you to leave because…” He stopped, while trying to think of a lie.
He didn’t even know why he acted that way towards Alyssa.
It seemed like she was right.
He was really being possessive, but he’s definitely not going to accept that.
“Because?” Alyssa asked, while raising her brows at him.
“You wanted to see Timothy, right? I didn’t want you to leave because of that.” He said and looked away from her. Her eyes were piercing into his soul, and he felt like she could see that he was really lying.
“Oh, silly! I wasn’t leaving. I was trying to go and find a solution to our issue.” She said and pointed to the burst tire.
On hearing that, Liam mouthed an “oh,” and he averted his gaze from her face…again.
“What are we going to do now?” Liam asked a few seconds later, and Alyssa shook her head repeatedly. She was also confused, and she didn’t know what to do.
Liam grabbed her hand like a possessive father and without saying a word, they started walking towards where Alyssa was going to.
“What are you doing?” She asked, and he told her that standing at a spot wasn’t going to help.
Alyssa wanted to inform him that that was what she was trying to do two minutes ago, but he stopped her. She didn’t say that, she just continued walking with him, hand-in-hand, instead.
While walking, the cool breeze from the trees brushed against their skins and Alyssa shivered in excitement. Liam stole a glance at her, and he saw that she was feeling a bit cold. He drew her to himself and, without Alyssa realising, he sniffed her hair and closed his eyes.
They were in a position for about fifty-six seconds, when Liam realised what he was doing with Alyssa. He was suddenly angry at himself for being too ‘soft’ and for that reason, he gave her a slight push away from himself.
Alyssa looked up to ask him why he did that, but the look on his face already answered her.
After walking in silence for about ten minutes, they saw a man. He looked like a Liam and Liam walked over to him, fingers crossed, asking him if he could help.
The man looked at the both of them for a few seconds before he agreed reluctantly.
While they were going back to the car, the man kept on commenting on how strong their ‘love’ was, and the both of them kept on feeling really uncomfortable with that.
He kept on saying it and out of annoyance, Liam gave him a scornful look and that seemed to shut him up, as he didn’t utter any other word until they got to the car.
He brought out a bottle from his rusty looking back, and Alyssa found out later that it was a strong type of gum made from plants.
Furthermore, he helped them patch the tyre up and soon, they were on the road again, with silence reigning in the car.
A few seconds later, Alyssa was unable to take it, and she looked at Liam and said, “where is Timothy? Where did you keep him, exactly?”
Liam’s eyes were fixed on the road and he finally answered Venice.
Alyssa kept shut after that, and she kept on wondering why she didn’t ask that at the beginning of the journey.