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TWILIGHT ?
{ CAN YOU MEND MY HEART?}
By Melody.
~~☆ CHAPTER 27 & 28 ☆~~
The elevator was moving smoothly to the top-most floor of the eatery and in the inside, Liam was standing in front of his wife.
He palmed one of his hands on the metallic wall and the other hand was inside his pocket.
He stared at the floor thinking of what to tell May. He had no idea why he told her to follow him.
May, on the other hand twirled the hem of her dress nervously.
She had never been nervous in her entire life until now. The atmosphere was quiet and cold adding the tension between both couples.
Liam began to tap his feet, feeling like the elevator was taking centuries to reach their destination.
Soon, the elevator got opened and May hopped out first, hugging herself ti-ght as she went to a corner.
” Please don’t make me pull off my clothes. I cherished the clothes that why I decided to wear it today.” She spoke hastily, like a monster was about to eat her up.
The outside breeze swoosh on her sweaty face making some strand of her hair glue to her skin.
She stared at Liam’s eye for a second and she began to wonder what he was thinking to have been staring at her so intensely.
Liam walked closer to her and trapped her inbetween his two strong arms.
” I’m not here to talk about your dress or if you are wearing clothes or not.” He said and May che-st fell in relief.
She tried not to look at his eyes because that was enough to make her loose her confidence.
” May. Do you think you want a divorce?” He asked and May instantly looked at his eyes.
His eyes was crowded with fear and something else she couldn’t fathom very well
She began to wonder why he would ask her such a question. Of course, she still didn’t want to give up on the marriage yet.
” Divorce?. N..no. I don’t want a divorce.” She said shaking her head and Liam nodded his head slightly, looking pleased with her reply.
” Why then did you go to live with another man after knowing we are still bounded un-der marriage?” He asked and she pouted her li-ps.
” I’ll have to repeat this again. I told you, I wanted to spend the rest of my life being happy and fulfilled, Liam. Emperor has made that possible ever since I came into his life.”
Liam began to laugh, but his laugh never reached his eyes. It felt as if he trying to hide an inner pain and coat them with a smile.
” Do you know what phase Emperor has acted upon our life. Do you know he is the cause of everything happening to us. And he smiles with you, you think it’s genuine.”
May looked at him and wondered what he was talking about.
She knew Liam was trying to place the whole blame on Emperor now. She fisted her palm and won’t let it happen.
” Emperor likes me alright?. I know you are only being jealous. Do you expect someone to like you after being this strongheaded and stupid?. Huh?”
Liam laughed again after listening to what she called him. He ran his fingers into his hair in a relaxed way and smi-rked.
He decided that he would have to just play the good-guy part today.
” Strongheaded and stupid?” He said and May folded her hands. She found tears began to fall on her cheeks.
” Before we got married, I thought I would never find anyone like you. People called us the most perfect sweet couple. But where is the love you promised to show me?. I have no other family to show me love except you, except you Liam.”
Liam stared at his feet. He couldn’t stand see tears fall on her pretty cheeks. Her tears had never affected him so much like this.
Talking about what she said, He felt very sad. He felt hurt and heartbroken because he couldn’t remember anything.
He doesn’t remember how sweet the husband he was, he doesn’t remember being the most perfect couple.
If he could remember, even if it’s a single event of them in the past, he would be truly glad.
He sighed and looked into her we-t eyes. The monotone of his voice changing.
” May. it’s not as easy as you think. I hate being this way. I hated after waking up in the hospital and I was for-ced to accept the changes around me. I was for-ced to make you my wife and accept my family. I even forgot how to fall in love sometimes.” He said.
” Even those with amnesia don’t behave the way you do. At least, you should try to care about me. You are just torturing me on purpose” She said.
Liam shut his eyes.
” Just Stop talking ru-bbish!” He yelled at her face and May palmed her eyes, sobbing heavily again.
” P..please don’t yell at me. I..i…get very scared.” She said and Liam’s eye turned tender.
He realised one reason she sobbed was the way he kept yelling on her. He never realised how de-eper his voice was.
Her frail tears caught him this time around. He pulled her a little closer and patted her hair affectionately.
” I’m sorry. I’m very sorry, May” He said and she kept sobbing on her palm like a toddler.
” I can’t help it yelling. It’s an habit I’m trying ha-rd to control.” He said and su-ck ed in air for a while.
” I want to accept today that I was wrong. I was really wrong to have treated you that way. I was only finding it ha-rd to accept you as a wife. I’m really sorry.” He said and hug-ged her wai-st.
” Please, May. i want you back home.” He said and May moved away from him quickly.
” How do I believe you are not trying to trick me huh?!. How do I believe you won’t keep on torturing me. You want me to follow you home to that hell of a place..Count me out…I am not..”
While she was busy yelling at herself, He quickly grabbed her cheeks along with her hair and he leaned down to smash a kis-s on her.
A very gentle but affectionate slow kis-s.
He went gentle on her li-ps and made sure the kis-s was able to transform her thinking system.
He finally let go of her and May stared at him with wide adorable eyes.
He picked her hands and placed it on his che-st
” I can’t ba-re to see you with someone else. I only want to ask for a favor. Please follow me home and make me remember” He said and May kept looking at him.
” Will you?” He asked and May gulped in for a while, looking everywhere but him.
He pulled her closer and their bodies were ru-bbing on eachother like a sweet friction.
He grabbed her cheeks again and kis-sed her li-p sweetly.
He looked at her eyes to see her reaction while kis-sing her and he was always on edge to laugh by the way she wide-ned her eyes at him.
He shut his eyes and kis-sed her again, staying longer and hungrier on her li-ps.
Emperor arrived at the balcony and he was welcomed with two hungrily kis-sing couple.
May was resting on the wall and Liam was palming the wall, kis-sing and responding to her.
These were the same couples who were having issues some minutes ago, kis-sing so intensely.
” May!” He called and dragged her out, carelessly making her break her li-ps from Liam.
” What the heck is going on!. Liam why don’t you stay away from her and go meet the girl you brou-ght on a date!” Emperor yelled.
” What the hell are you saying?. Stay away from my own wife?” Liam asked, coming forward.
” She doesn’t deserve to be yours, fool!” Emperor yelled and Liam dragged her wrist away, hugging her to himself.
” May. It’s left for you to choose who you are returning home with. i or Emperor?” He asked.
May sighed and looked at Emperor’s saddened face. She knew all he had done for her ever since She left Liam’s home.
He had been the nicest man ever. He took care of her when she was sick, gave her a job, and even made her stay in his home after everything.
She looked at Liam. He was her husband. She knew what Liam had done for her before the accident.
Tho, he hadn’t done much for her ever since he lost his sense and he was mainly the cause of everything.
She was too confused on whom to choose. Truly, her heart wanted to go for Liam because he had accepted to change.
And her soul was yearning for Emperor because he had been the good one since the beginning.
She knew her decision now would affect the rest of her life. It was a though decision.
Palming her eyes, she went to hug Liam instead. Liam kis-sed her head and looked at Emperor.
He gave a powerful sm-irk at him and Emperor grinned mischievously. May returned to Emperor and held his palm.
” I’m really sorry, Emperor. I..I choose Liam.” She said and he crea-sed his brows.
” You mean, After all he did to you?. you’d abandon all of your promises you made to me and..all of my affection I threw on you?” He asked and May fell silent.
” You heard her Emperor. she goes with me. She needs her luggages.” He said and Emperor sighed.
” I un-derstand that life is unfair. But I won’t accept that I was a fool. Anyways, Congratulations on coming back to your husband.” He said and shake her small hands.
May couldn’t stop looking at him. She felt sad that she almost wanted to change her mind. But she knew she couldn’t abandon her husband as well.
She was just caught inbetween two different choices and her heart ached.
Liam took her hands and they both began to exit the place.
****
OUTSIDE EMPEROR’S MANSION.
The chaffuers a-ssisted May with her belongings. Liam kis-sed May’s head and she ran towards the car quickly.
It was left, Liam and Emperor. They were still walking towards the car like fine gentleman on a showbiz.
Liam stopped in his track and faced Emperor.
” Thanks for accommodating my wife in your house. How much for the few night she spent?” He asked in mimcry and Emperor folded his hands.
” There’s only one day for the owner, Liam. I just pray you don’t fall into my next trap.” He said and Liam scoffed.
” Oh. So you aren’t going to give up in trying to kill me again, Huh?. You are so lame.” He said.
They continued to walk in silence for a while and none of them turned to look at eachother’s face.
Emperor never knew Liam would make up and sort dispute with his wife so soon.
He knew May was dumb, and even after all of Liam’s maltreatment, she readily accepted him back.
He was disappointed to see them back together and he was still not satisfied with Liam.
He hated the fact that he would have a beautiful wife like May All to himself and all of his fathers wealth
He felt he had nothing and that made him feel very cheated
He suddenly laughed mischievously and it caught Liam’s attention.
” I won’t just kill you, Liam. Your kiddish wife won’t be absent.” He said and Liam lost his cool.
He dragged his coat and pushed him against one of his cars, cracking the gla-ss. Emperor seemed unfazed.
” You dare not make comments about her or I’ll struck your ne-ck with a spare.” He yelled.
” I knew you’d never change. I just hope your wife last a night in your home.”
” Of course she won’t, cus sadly, you won’t be able to live and see before a night. I’ll make sure you feel the pain I felt when you took May from me” He said.
” Inhuman thing!” Emperor spat and Liam left hold of him and stepped away.
Emperor dusted his coat and threw his hands into the large two pocket at each sides
” I hate you so much Liam. I’m going to make you die a painful death at the end of this story.” He hissed loudly.
Liam got into his car and closed up the door in a gentle thud.
He turned to May and saw she was already asleep, even whimpering as usual.
” May?” He called and She covered her li-ps, bursting out laughing. Liam rested his palm on his cheek as he stared at her.
” I was only trying to trick you!.” She giggled and Liam smiled brightly at her.
The more he had reason to change into a good man, the more he was falling in love with her.
” What took you so long?” She asked as she plugged in her seat belt.
” It’s Emperor again. But I’ll just try to ignore him.” He scoffed and May faced him, palming his shoulder.
” You guys are brothers. You should try to settle the dispute between the two of you. I don’t want things to get out of hand” She said and Liam sighed, resting back on the car headrest.
” Emperor doesn’t know the color of his problems. I don’t think he’ll ever agree to settle anything.” He stopped talking and turned his head lazily, staring at her with his de-eper set gaze.
” Let’s just go and forget that he exist. He is not part of our world” He said and May curled her li-ps into her mouth.
She turned to face the road and stared at her fingers.
She wanted to tell him how much she missed him and how she yearned so much for this moment.
She hadn’t gotten the courage to talk to him and that had resulted, because, she was always scared of him.
She told herself, she was his wife, she was supposed to learn to communicate with him.
” Um. Liam. I missed you alot while I was staying at Emperor’s place.” She said and Liam turned to her and gave a warm smile.
” I guess i wasn’t the only one missing you as well. it feels good to see you back again.” He said.
She wanted to say the words ‘I love you’ but she found herself,mulling her li-ps close.
She looked at his face and decided to tell him later.
****
LIAM’S HOME
Ms lily had arrived back at Liam’s mansion at the dusk of the day.
She was surprised to see the Livingroom messed up with traces of ginger sweet packs and walnut.
She knew May couldn’t have created this sort of mess. She supposed it was Liam.
She got to the kitchen and Found a different person and that made her more upset.
It was Mitchell, the girl she remembered, that came here sometime ago.
She was at the dinner table eating throu-gha plate of cream cakes.
” What is going on here!” Ms lily yelled.
” What does it look like I’m doing. Eating of course.” Mitchell said without glancing at who was talking to her.
Ms lily got very upset that she picked the bowl of cream and stumped it on her face.
” Oh my God!. Do you want to turn me blind!” Mitchell screamed, standing on her feet.
” I don’t care if you’ve turned blind already. Take a vacuum cleaner and go clear up the sitting room!.” She told May in a harsh, troubled voice.
Mitchell cleaned up her face with a tissue and turned to glare at her.
” Do I look like an housemaid?!” She asked and Ms lily laughed.
” Oh. You think I’m an housemaid too, huh?.” Ms lily asked and dragged Mitchell’s ear and she started to wince.
” I have a family. I have kids that are grown more up to your age, so if you don’t respect me here….I’ll show you my real type of person.” She said and let go of Mitchell.
She ru-bbed her red ear painfully.
” I am still not going to touch that mess. I’ll only do the work if you agree to pay me!” Mitchell said, folding her hands.
” Pay you?.”
” Cus it’s not my job. And please, give me some space here.” Mitchell said and walked out of the room.
She went straight to the guest room and jumped on the bed, rumbling with complaint as she busied on her phone.
As soon as Liam is back, she told herself that she’s leaving here immediately.
Soon, Ms lily walked in with the Vacuum cleaner. Mitchell sat up and was confused how this old woman lifted that big thing up the grandstairs.
She watched her open the sac of the vacuum and threw all the dirt on her bed.
” Ahh!” Mitchell flew out in disgust.
” I have given you your space. Have it.” Ms lily hissed and stumped out of the room angrily.
Mitchell packed up her duvet in a roll and threw it in the laundry basket before dusting her hand.
” I can’t be a fool at this very young age.” She said and slept on the bed to continue on her phone.
****
MAY’S ROOM.
May came out of the bathroom, we-t from hair to toe. She took out two of her favourite night dress and hug-ged it to her che-st
She couldn’t comprehend the kind of joy she felt ever since Liam promised to change.
She was joyous and she wanted to be more of a wife than a scary cat.
She found herself wanting to look perfect tonight for no reason so she chose the red nightwear.
After she wore in the dress, She stood in the mirror and got amused by how her curves perfectly formed on each sector of her dress.
She took up her hands and held her long hair in a fistful and saw it was still pretty we-t.
She walked over to the hair dryer and was working on it when the door opened. Just then, Liam walked in.
” Liam. You are here” She said, smiling at him as he approached her.
” So. You were expecting me, huh?” He asked and she tried not to blus-h.
She walked up to him and showed him her hair dryer.
” I don’t know why the hair dryer is malfunctioning. Can you help me please?” She lied, blinking cutely so he would say yes.
She only wanted him to dry her hair since she felt it was things husband did for their wives and she wanted to experience it as well.
Liam collected the hair dryer with a crea-sed brow and he tried working on it. He was surprised how it worked instantly.
” Oh. You fixed it. Help me dry my hair then!” She said and ran towards the mirror.
Liam stood there in amusement trying to grasp the scene she just created.
He throated a chuckle and walked towards her, drying her hair swiftly.
He would peek his gaze at her from the mirror and she found herself ti-ghtening her shoulders, blus-hing super red on her cheek.
” You wanted me to dry your hair, huh?. You could have just told me.” He said.
” I’m sorry” She said. She was so much used to apologising a lot.
She knew Liam wasn’t as Dumb as her so he was able to grasp her cunning move.
After drying her hair, she stood up and he immediately lifted her up to sit on the table.
He came closer and brou-ght out something from his pocket.
” I wanted to give you this.” He said and wore her ring into her little fingr.
May was happy, seeing her ring back with her. It made her feel like a woman again.
Liam rolled his hands around her and looked up at her eyes.
” I want us to start afresh, May. All the things I once did for you, let’s do it again. Starting from the honeymoon.” He said and May was shocked.
” Why?”
” Cause I haven’t gotten fulfilled as a husband. I also want to experience what I forgot after I got amnesia.” He said and she cu-p-ped his cheeks.
” Sometimes, you make me wanna cry. I love the real you so much, Liam. I love you.” She said and waited for him to say it back but he only smiled.
” How do I look tonight?” She diverted the topic and Liam smi-rked, with a raised brow.
” I can’t doubt any girl is s-exier than you. Why did you choose to dress up in this.” He asked and she carr-esed his ba-re shoulder.
” You know, it’s been two years now and_” He stopped her li-ps from going further.
” You don’t want to wait till honeymoon?” He teased and she shaked her heads
He smiled and slowly carr-esed her thi-ghs gently and then he kis-sed her.
” I love you too.” He said and May smiled.
He picked her up and began to head towards the bedside.
The door opened and mitchell walked in.
” Oh. Sorry. Um…wrong room.” She said and closed back the door.
Liam looked at May again and he leaned down to kis-s her.
TBC