Chapter 286 - bad day?

Seraphina pouted hearing Liam's excuse. "Doctor~ you should rest too. I don't wanna be a widow even before I get married."

"Hmm…" he hummed as he coaxed her by tenderly patting her head. Relieved filled his heart just in time when he heard Seraphina's jolly voice. Furthermore, his enraged heart calmed a little by her action. Indeed, only Seraphina can make him feel this kind of peace. She had become his light to his seemingly unaware mind due to work and ambiguous pressure his father putting on his shoulder.

After their brief chat, Seraphina finally bid her goodbye as she had to tend to the matters in Yue International Enterprise.

"Doctor~ you don't have to send me off. You should rest alright? I heard you haven't been resting well." Seraphina slightly reprimanded, displeased about the irony of a doctor who doesn't even take care of himself.

"Alright…" Liam nodded in defeat. After all, their conversation was mostly focused on Seraphina's nagging about taking care of himself and her becoming a widow.

Sighing heavily by the stubborn doctor sitting in front of her, Seraphina glanced at him for the last time as if she wanted to say something but chose not to in the end.

Just as she was at the door, Liam's gentle voice called out just behind her. "Sera…"

"Wh --?!" Alas, the words were abruptly interrupted the moment she turned her head back at him. Surprisingly, Liam initiated a bold moved by sealing her lips by his and wrapped his arms around her waist, gently pulling her closer to him.

For the past days, the first kissed they haven't happened again. Its the second time that both lovers were locked in this intimate contact. Hence, Seraphina was caught off guard by the brazen moved Liam did just now.

Granting that it wasn't the first time, however, Seraphina froze that very instant. Liam's kisses were demanding; as if he was in some kind of a love drug. Compare to his gentleness, it was baffling that the Liam who's dominating her lips doesn't feel the same person she knew.

"Hmm?!" slightly protesting in his kisses, Seraphina attempted to halt him by using gentle force.

However, even though Seraphina didn't immediately respond and hearing her m_o_a_n protest, it only made Liam turned more aggressive. He was unbothered as his lips broke the kiss and traced feather-like pecks from her jaw to her neck.

The moment Seraphina felt his moist soft lips landed on her neck, she heedlessly pushed him without any resolved and slapped him really hard. However, Liam only took a few steps back as if he woke up from the manifestation that possessed him.

Rendered speechless, Liam slowly raised his pair of disbelief eyes to Seraphina's perturbed front. "Sera… I -- I'm sorry. I lost my mind for a second."

Liam desperately reached out to her but to no avail, Seraphina avoided his touch by instinct. She wasn't appalled that Liam initiated an intimate kiss but, sensing that his intense d_e_s_i_r_e to take her and the l_u_s_tful aura he emitted -- she can't help but feel uncomfortable by it. Hence, the moment his lips touched her neck, something snapped from inside her head making her snap and pushed Liam.

Alas, her muddled thoughts heightened when Liam managed to take her seemingly harmless assault as she knew that she used her strength to break free from him.

"No… I was just mildly surprised. I -- I should go." Seraphina muttered and fled like the flash. She didn't know how fast her pace until she reached the parking space of the hospital.

For some reason, ripples of heightened emotions circulate inside her. 'Why… how -- Liam…!' Words that remained unspoken slowly watered the sprout of suspicion inside her mind. She could not believe the aura she felt from him that made her hands slightly trembled; not in fear but in a new level of seethe.

Seraphina staggered her way inside her car not noticing the mishap. As soon as she entered her ride with her ragged breathing, a familiar majestic voice rang in the back seat.

"Bad day?"

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[inside Liam's office]

Liam hadn't recovered from Seraphina's powerful slap that's enough to wake him up from what's clouding his mind. Earlier, though the turbulent fury inside him subsided for a bit, part of him pushed him to do what he had done.

Running his hand through his silky smooth hair in frustration, Liam swung his hand to the nearest vase on top of the nearest stand on the door, causing it to crash on the tiled shiny floor, shattered into innumerable pieces.

"Not again…" Liam mumbled as he covered his one eye using his palm. He could not comprehend what's going on with him but one thing is certain; Liam must overcome his dilemma before he, himself will ruin the affection he was receiving from Seraphina.