Chapter 199 - I'm Not A Bad Person

Brian turned on the light switch when he entered the house. He brings Lisa to the kitchen counter and takes out his first aid kit box to the table.

"What happened to you? Why are you in this state? Did someone attack you?" He asked, and Lisa still shaking her head. Not utter one word at all since they get into the taxi.

Brian did not push her and helped to clean up the wound on her arm. "You should change your clothes, I had a PJ that you can use." he close the box and bring her to his master bedroom.

"Go and take a shower, I'll put the PJ on the bed, and you can sleep on my bed tonight. I'll take the guest room." He said and helped her to switch on the light at the bathroom before he went to the enormous wardrobe and pull a pink color PJ and put it on the bed.

Lisa did not say a word as she strides to the bathroom. Taking a warm shower and change into the PJ that man put on the bed. When she's out of the bathroom, she didn't see him at all around the bedroom.

She doesn't want to overthink as she then falls asleep the next second. She was tired because of crying, and her heart broke into pieces now. She only hopes that a month will be gone in a blink of eyes, and she will start a new life again in another state.

She wonders what Harry will say when she moves to another state. For over two decades, they never separate and always been together. She always thought that she can't live without him as he also always said that he couldn't bear to part with her.

But why? Why didn't he realize that she was so fucking in love with him for years ago? Why he had no conscious that all of his treatment to her only making her fall deep, deep down into his love-cage? Where she won't be able to get out, and he… still thought it was only 'friendship,' and no one able to break it.

Liar! He said that she means everything to him and whoever wants a relationship with him had to accept that he will always stick to her. See what happen tonight? He broke her heart, and she won't be able to stay at his side anymore. What face should she show him after this?

So many questions keep hitting Lisa's mind, and she still crying while sleeping.

In the meantime, Brian sighing and turn on the TV in his living room. He sends a text for his subordinate to check the CCTV at each corner where Lisa has been wandering alone tonight.

While he keeps tracking her footage, he heard a vibrating sound from the kitchen counter, and he tilts his head a bit, looking at Lisa's handbag. The vibrating sound keeps on going for each minute, and when he can no longer bear with the vibrating sound, Brian walks to the counter and take out Lisa's phone.

There's only one letter on the screen. 'D,' and without much thinking, Brian tap on the green button.

"B, where are you? Why haven't you come home yet? Are you okay? Talk to me, B." The voice from the end of the line sounds nervous and worry.

"She's sleeping," Brian said and immediately ended the call. He then turns off Lisa's phone before he went back to the couch. Somehow, he got a gist as to why that girl he likes years ago showing a sad face tonight.

He stops looking at the footage and sends a text to his people to arrest each one of them who mocking at her while she was wandering alone tonight. Only after then, he falls asleep on the couch.

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The next morning,

Lisa opened her eyes and gasps when she saw a view of this bedroom.

"This is not my house!" She pushes the comforter and looks at her clothes. "This is not my Pjs." She touched her arm and noticed that it was bandaged, and a memory of yesterday start to fill in her mind.

She was lucky that the person who brings her to his home did not do anything weird to her. She was so embarrassed when she didn't even say her thanks to that guy.

She slowly gets down from the bed and walks to the living hall. It was tremendous and spacious, and there's not much furniture in it.

"You're awake?" Brian asked from the kitchen, and Lisa jumped a bit. "Oh..hi, good morning."

Brian then looks at his wristwatch and says, "Morning, feel better now?" He asked and walk out from the kitchen, that's when Lisa notice his sculptured body. Full of eight packs, and it looks so firm and sturdy.

He only wears his track pants, and he handed her a glass of coffee. "Coffee? I order takeout, and they'll in here in any minutes." He went to the couch and turned on the TV.

Lisa tilted her head and squinted her eyes a bit. "Um..thank you, but I have to go now...I need to go to work-"

"You work on Saturday?" Brian scrunched his eyebrow, and Lisa shakes her head.

"Today's Saturday?" She asks him back, and the man chuckles. "So, you're not aware of date and time, aren't you? It's noon already, and today is Saturday. I believe today's not your working day, right?" He sips his coffee and averts his eyes back to the TV screen.

Lisa inhales and faintly smile. "I forgot. Sorry, uh..who are you? Why are you helping me?" As far as she remembered, she doesn't even ask his name yet. 'Oh god, Lisa..how could you be so careless. What if this man is a serial killer?'

"My name.." He stops his sentence and says again, "Brian. Uh, you look so devastated yesterday night, and I am someone who can't see someone's crying. So, I help you." He lies not to make it awkward that he know her from way before. He can't just say that he crazily in love with her since his senior year in University, right? Not after two times getting 'rejected,' and he can't use his name and influence too to get her this time.

"Um...I see... I'm Lisa, by the way. Thanks again for your kindness." She said, and put down the coffee cup on the kitchen counter.

"But I think I should go now."

"I thought you were telling me that you had no home last night?" Brian said, and Lisa abruptly stops her step. She just remembered that. If she was going back to her house, she sure Harry will be there, and she hasn't prepared yet to face him.

Where else can she go? Henry? He already married and it's really improper to go to his house. Urgh..why does her parent decide to move back to Singapore? If not, she can still go back to her parent's house.

Inhales, she squeezes her eyes. "Um..you're right. But, still...I don't feel good to stay at your house. I barely know you." She said, and she could hear a stepping sound closing to her behind.

"You can stay here as long as you like. I'm not a bad person. I can guarantee you." Brian lean on the door frame to his bedroom and crossing his arm around his chest.

Turning to the man, she said again, "But, my clothes and everything is-"

"I have a lot of girl clothes in this house you can use. I think she's in your size."

"Your girlfriend's? No, no...I totally can't-"

"My ex. I thought of throwing it out, but I guess you can use it for now. Maybe until you finally found yourself a 'home' ?"

Lisa turned silent. Its true, sooner or later she needs to face Harry no matter what. So in the meantime, let's hide here for a while, and when Monday comes, she will tell him that she'll be moving out.

Again, her heart ached just by remembering his name. Nodded her head, she looks at him. "Fine, I'll pay you the rent for the days I stayed here…and uh, I guess I can stay in the guest room. Your bedroom is too irrelevant for me. I mean, I'm the one who is invading your space, so.."

"Okay, you can use the guest room for temporary." Brian agrees with her. That's the only way he can make her comfortable and not leaving his 'nest' yet.

He still needs to make sure Lisa's in his grasp before he let her go again. He was also lucky that Caitlin is away right now. If not, it will be a problem for him.