CHAPTER SIXTY THREE
Liam returned to the house after an hour, and he was welcomed by Timothy’s gloomy face. He looked around before he went on to sit beside the sad-looking boy.
When he sat down beside the boy, the boy looked sideways at him, and he instantly continued facing forward. He looked like he was angry at Liam…. at everyone. Liam sighed before he put his hand around him.
Timothy didn’t need any hand around him at that moment, but he seemed like he couldn’t care less about Liam putting his hand around him.
“What happened?” Liam asked, and he felt the boy’s mood lighten up a little. That meant that the boy probably required someone to talk to, but no one was available for that.
“Mo…mother.” Timothy stuttered and Liam wanted to ignore him, but he didn’t. He removed his hand from his shoulder and he bent down in front of the boy. He placed two fingers under his chin to raise his head up.
Not only that, but he really looked sad. Liam observed.
“Okay, big boy. Let’s do this. You are going to cheer up now, and we’ll go and meet your mum.” Liam and Timothy’s lips instantly stretched into a big grin. He hugged Liam tightly, and Liam hugged him back and kissed his neck.
He really wanted Timothy to know him as his father and not just a random man who’s trying so hard to make him love him.
Timothy got off the chair, and he placed his hand into Liam’s. Liam shook his head and he carried the boy instead. He looked thrilled to see his mother, but Liam? He didn’t know if he was also happy to see… Alyssa.
The both of them walked to Alyssa’s room and when he knocked, he could almost hear Alyssa complaining about the person who was disturbing her.
She ignored the first knock.
Liam was about to knock again, but instead, he took Timothy back to the house. Ignoring the cries from the boy, he dropped him on a chair and told a guard to watch over him.
Alyssa hissed, and she reluctantly went to the door to open the door. She knew that Ella was the one at the door, and she started making mental notes of the insults that she was going to rain on her.
When she started twisting the lock on her door, she was already frowning. She really hated seeing Ella and Liam together. It just makes her feel….
She opened the door, and she saw Liam standing at the doorstep with a considerable frown. She saw Timothy in her hands and when Timothy saw Alyssa, he started jumping on Liam, and he struggled with his hands to go to his mother.
Seeing how happy Alyssa was to see Timothy, Liam released his grip on the boy’s legs, and he allowed him to go to her.
“Oh my God, Timothy! I missed you so much.” Alyssa said while kissing every open part of his body.
She rubbed her eyes again to see Liam standing there alone, and then she realised that she had been hallucinating.
Liam started imagining the grin that would have been on Timothy’s face, and Liam regretted keeping the poor boy from his mother, but he just couldn’t help himself. He knew that because of what Alyssa did, he shouldn’t have punished his son for it, but she deserved it.
He had brought Timothy earlier to Alyssa on purpose because he knew how desperate she was to see Timothy, to hold him in her hands like she loved doing, and to make him laugh so hard.
Likewise, he was also that desperate. Yes, he was.
He was really desperate to see her and hold her the way she loved holding Timothy when she went missing. He was devastated and sad because he was petrified for her safety, for her…for them and when he saw her true colours, he felt like he shouldn’t have cared at all.
Liam had felt like he was idiotic and dumb forever trusting her, and since that day, he had vowed to never trust her again. He couldn’t afford to be deceived and betrayed that way again. Never again.
“Where is Timothy?” Alyssa snapped him out of his thoughts. Liam glared at her, and she glared back. She was exhausted from staying away from her son. She really needed him before going crazy.
Just when Liam thought the staring contest was going to last forever, unlike their relationship, she invited him in and Liam hesitated for a while before he went into the room after her.
She kept on staring at the door, and Liam turned back to see what was wrong. When he saw that the reason she was staring at the door was because it was open, he wanted to insult her, but he stole a glance at Timothy before he walked away from her to lock the door.
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“Thank you.” She whispered, and she tried smiling at Liam. Liam groaned inwardly because of that. The way she was acting, so innocent, was irking him.
“I didn’t come here for you, I came here to make myself feel better and to clear up some things. I couldn’t continue denying the truth and ignoring my gut feelings about everything. I need some answers.” Liam said and looked away from Alyssa, he settled his gaze on the bed instead.
“Um, okay.” She said, and she blinked at him.
“I don’t know if I’m ever going to give him back to you.” Liam returned his gaze to her face. “Because I don’t want you to keep him away from me, just the way you did before.” Liam finished, answering her silent question.
“What-?” She started saying, but the intense glare that she got from Liam shut her up.
“That’s why I’m angry at you, because of your deception and the fact that you hid Timothy, MY son, from me.” He made sure that he stressed the word ‘my’, so it would sink into her head that Timothy was his son too.
When she didn’t say anything, Liam hissed and said, “why? Why did you do that? I am actually giving you a chance to explain yourself.” At that point, Alyssa couldn’t keep up with the intense glares from him. So, she turned away from him and wiped the invisible years from the sides of her eyes.
She hesitated before she turned around again. Liam didn’t even intend to get angry, but her silence was really annoying him. He really hoped he wouldn’t do what he didn’t want to do. He really hoped.
The fact that she wasn’t saying anything in her defence was…so annoying, and Liam just wanted to…
“I wanted to avoid getting involved in the drama.” She said, just when Liam was planning to make her talk with force.
Drama? Could Alyssa just stop being pathetic? Liam thought, and he looked at her, hoping that he didn’t say that out loud.
He didn’t.
“Yes.” Alyssa answered his silent question and looked away from him. He didn’t know if he was feeling bad about what she did or not. It was really hard to tell with the wall that she was trying to build around herself.
Liam told her that she’d be tried at court for trying to sabotage the kingdom’s peace. Hearing that, Alyssa started pleading with Liam and when he’s satisfied that Alyssa had begged enough, he left her.
No, he didn’t lock the door after he left the room.