The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System
Chapter 130: There is no better place to express how much I love you

Chapter 130: There is no better place to express how much I love you

He tried hard to act nonchalant and told himself it wasn’t a big deal, but he couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from curving up involuntarily.

"So, so what did you dream about?"

"Just a bunch of muddled thoughts."

Maureen said, "I nearly confessed last night."

But last night, she lacked the tiniest bit of courage.

It wasn’t until this morning when she saw the stuff sandwiched in her book that she got carried away.

As it turns out, it doesn’t seem so scary once you break the ice.

Maureen lowered her gaze and noticed Liam’s hand, which was clutching her wrist and subtly moving up her fingers, and she couldn’t help but smile.

The moment Liam noticed her attention, his fingers immediately stopped moving.

He tried his best to keep calm, but the physiological blush on his face was completely uncontrollable.

He pricked up his ears, waiting to hear Maureen say a few more sweet words.

However, Maureen also felt a bit shy and she hurriedly changed the subject.

"Liam, aren’t you feeling stuffy? The room heating is quite strong.

Do you want me to open the window and let some fresh air in?"

Liam: "..." Maureen stood up, intending to release her hand to open the window, but as she took a step towards the window, she wasn’t able to move.

Liam was holding onto her wrist and didn’t let go.

Maureen glanced at her hand.

"What’s wrong? I’ll open the window."

Liam, with his head down, was reluctant.

It had taken him quite some effort to grab her hand.

And if she went to open the window and then came back, would there be any excuse for him to hold her hand again?

Liam said: "No need, it’s not stuffy. Don’t open it."

"How about I peel you an apple, have you had breakfast?" Maureen said, noticing the fruits that Mr. Boris had bought and put on the coffee table.

She planned to walk towards the coffee table near the sofa: "I already ate before coming here, but if you are hungry, should I ask your driver to go and buy something?"

However, she still couldn’t move.

Her wrist was still tightly held.

Liam’s fingertips were warm and stubborn.

He wasn’t holding her hard, but just enough to keep her from breaking free.

Maureen looked somewhat puzzled and turned back to take a look at him.

Liam was hanging his head and not looking at her.

His whole body seemed somewhat tense, like someone who had managed to obtain the most precious thing and didn’t want to let it go, even for a second.

He held back for a moment, but couldn’t help blurting out: " Maureen, can you, just not go anywhere?" Liam lifted his head: "Can you just sit still?"

Maureen: "..." Suddenly, a blush spread across Maureen’s face.

She scratched her head awkwardly, then sat back down on the chair, her hand resting on the edge of the bed.

Liam’s fingers that had been holding her wrist loosened.

As Maureen paused, Liam’s hand quickly covered hers once again, the movement light and tender.

At last, their hands were linked, their fingers intertwined.

In the dry winter air, the warmth, scent, and lifeblood of one could be felt by the other where their palms and fingertips touched.

Holding her hand, Liam’s ears turned a shade of red.

Maureen glanced at him, seeing the smile playing on his lips, his handsome brows easing.

Slowly, the corners of Maureen’s mouth curled into a small smile as well.

In an odd yet harmonious silence, the hospital room quieted down.

Neither of them said a word. The air was filled with an unspoken ambiguity and heat. ... Liam still felt an unreal sensation.

On such a morning, dressed in a silver cloak of snow, when the world was still in deep slumber and it was barely light outside, he received a call from Maureen in a semi-conscious state.

Her voice flooded his senses with a buzzing feeling like the flow of electric current.

Even now, those words were still circling in Liam’s mind.

When she initiated the first question, he was apprehensive, thinking she was going to condemn him to hell with her next words.

However, to his utter surprise, she confessed her feelings for him.

It felt like a hand that had been held too tightly was finally released.

Such a long time had passed that his confidence had hit rock bottom.

But now, just as unexpectedly, his hands were held again.

His long-held desire had thus taken him by surprise.

Maureen said– She liked him. She liked him the most in the world.

At last, she had fallen for him.

The passionate flame that once extinguished seemed to have returned.

It was more intense and real than it was before.

The thing he was scared of had vanished into thin air.

Liam was suddenly glad that he had been waiting all this while, long enough that what he had desired the most, had finally nestled in his arms.

Maureen likes him; there is nothing he is currently afraid of. "So now—" Liam spoke with a raspy voice.

There were still many uncertainties in his heart, intending to say, ’So now, does it mean that she and I both harbor mutual affections?

Will she not regret this in the future? Will she no longer mention treating me like her older brother?

Won’t she abandon me?’

"Now, I can’t even remember what Richard looks like."

As soon as Maureen heard the beginning of his words, she knew where he was headed.

In a hurry, she swore with her hand that was free from his grip, shaking her head in denial,

"Now in my heart, there is only you.

Puppy love, I only want to share that with you!" Wait a minute, they are both already eighteen, this wouldn’t count as puppy love anymore.

Liam seemed to be comforted, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curve proudly.

But he was still staring at Maureen, his words were still filled with bitterness and a tinge of grief,

"You can’t remember what Richard looks like, but you can clearly recall his name, and remember the movies you watched together..."

"Forget it all! Richard what? Laurel Donald?

What Donald? What Movies?" Maureen said, "God, I have amnesia, why have I even forgotten all the movies!

I’ll watch the next one with you!" Liam’s ears turned bright red,

"Then you once complained about me being fat—" Maureen swore to heaven that she had never once complained about Liam being fat!

She is even more wronged! "Liam, don’t blame me for the things you imagined in your mind!"

Maureen shouted, "Look at how perfect you are, one meter and eighty-eight tall, lean when clothed, meaty when undressed, you totally hit my aesthetic preference! Not a bit more, not a bit less!"

Liam’s heart felt a flute.

He asked, "Are you sure I completely fit your aesthetic taste?

What about Richard, he doesn’t fit your aesthetics but you still pursued him?

You showed up at his radio station every week, you have so many photos with him, you—" As he kept talking, Liam started to become indignant: "You even know what flavor he likes, even got caught recruiting together, handed him bubble tea, you even went to a western restaurant for dinner..."

"Maureen..." Maureen’s mind was in a whirl, doubting she would ever get over ’Richard’ in her lifetime!

She wished to return to the past when she pursued Richard.

Youth is oblivious to the value of first love, a misstep can lead to eternal regret!

"Wait, how did you know all these things?"

Maureen’s mind swiftly made all the connections.

She looked at Liam, then burst into laughter, "Did you deliberately investigate? Did you start liking me a long time ago?"

Liam naturally would not admit,

"Maureen, it’s your turn in the discussion, don’t try to change the subject."

Seeing his face turn red, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. She asked,

"Since when? From when did you start liking me?"

"Could it be...the day you took me back to the countryside?"

"No." Maureen happily speculated, "Maybe even earlier than that.

Otherwise, why would you be so good to me."

At that time, Maureen thought Liam was just being a good brother to everyone.

Seeing how he treated the girls who had confessed to him, just mercilessly crushed their hopes, she never thought about it.

"Was it the day you gave me the phone case?"

"Wait." Maureen had a sudden realization, "What gang phone case, you were thinking of a couple phone cases at that time, but you were too shy to say it, weren’t you?!"

Liam: "..." Liam’s face became more and more red, turning his head away.

Maureen almost burst into laughter.

She couldn’t help but kneel on one knee on the bed, poking at his tomato-red face with her finger,

"What are you hiding for."

"And ’my driver bought a lot, I can’t finish it, so you help me deal with the rest’."

Maureen mimicked Liam’s tone perfectly.

Now thinking about it, these things are still incredibly clear in her mind.

She laughed in astonishment,

"So that day you specifically bought breakfast for me?!"

"Enough! Little mask."

Liam was driven into a corner by her, the whole person leaning back against the head bed, his face flushed.

Seeing Maureen still laughing, Liam wished he could once more pull the quilt over his head.

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