The Secret Obsession of the CEO
Chapter 183: Moment of Truth(2)

Chapter 183: Moment of Truth(2)

Rory didn’t think that was a big deal. She was very active right from childhood, and no one ever talked to her about that as a big deal.

Even in her conversations with Liam, it never came up. Liam probably doesn’t even know that women might bleed during their first time. Or maybe he does, and he didn’t care. He knew that he was her first and so was she for him. And they were drunk when they did it the first time. She didn’t know if he took it as a big deal either.

She was confused as that would be a big deal. But because Lennon is speaking about it, the doubt she was holding in her mind got stronger.

"What? You are taking on your responsibility as Liam’s father to check on his bride’s "purity"? Aww, that’s so sweet of you Lennon," Rory smiled.

The corners of her lips trembled as she couldn’t keep that smile. Lennon was smirking and she knew that he will tell her the dreaded truth she came here to learn.

"You might have noticed a streak of blood on your sheets back when you were in middle school though... Do you remember?" Lennon asked. "You probably thought that it was you getting your periods but you didn’t get your periods for three months after that. You remember, don’t you?"

Rory clenched her fists. She couldn’t believe the words coming out of Lennon. She was a "late bloomer", and such an incident did happen. Is he confessing that he did it when she was barely thirteen?

Who talks this way to someone?

"I was 13! You’re such a~"

"And those beautiful Avery Rose lingerie... those pastel pink ones that matched your skin with Swarovski crystals embellished all around... I enjoyed you that day too," he said. "Do you remember that day? Your "husband" was sleeping on the couch that night. Did you perhaps have a fight? But that worked out well for me. And who knows~"

Rory lost it. Screaming, she lunged at Lennon. "Liar! You are a lying scoundrel! I am going to kill you!" she pushed away the trolley beside him and reached for his throat.

Lennon smirked seeing her losing her mind. "You should have killed me back then when you had a chance," he said.

"Argh! Die! " She screamed. Her voice cracked as she shrieked in a high-pitched voice. Grabbing his throat, she crushed it with her hands as hard as she could. She wanted to kill him. She didn’t want to leave him alive after this.

But before she could finish him, the agents pulled her back and carried her out of the room. "Let go! Let go!" she screamed kicking and punching anyone who came near her. "Let me kill him! He should die!"

A great commotion ensued in the hallway. Rory was pushed to the floor and even the cold floor didn’t curb her rage. She wanted to do it. Her arm that was broken hurt like hell. But she still struggled to get out of the agents holding her.

She screamed and yelled to let her go. But she was not let go. She saw a couple of nurses running at her with syringes in hand.

"No!" she screamed as they punctured her arm with a needle. "No... No... It can’t be... It can’t be..." she screamed. But her sight blurred and soon she was pushed into darkness.

-----

"You let her in to talk to him?" Derick shouted at the agent in charge. He wanted to scream at them, but he held back. "What did he say?" he asked.

"We can’t..." the agent shrugged.

Derick scoffed. Liam fisted his hands. "Please," he said controlling his anger. He was asleep just for a moment and when he woke up, Rory was not there. He had a feeling that Rory would have gone to meet "him" and so he ran here only to see them carrying her on a stretcher. They said she got hysteric. And he wanted to know the reason for her hysteria.

He was so angry at himself for not looking after her as he must.

"We are shifting him to the military hospital," the agent in charge said. "We are told that his safety is compromised here."

"What did he tell her?" Liam took a step closer to the agent in charge. His eyes were filled with rage. "What?"

The agent in charge shook his head and walked away. "You’ll have to talk to your wife, buddy. Trust me," he said turning back. Liam’s heart skipped a beat seeing the concerned face of the agent He knew he is in a tight bind.

Derick walked to Kylie who was standing nearby. "What did he say?" he asked looking at Lennon’s room. There were more than five agents on security detail then and Derick seriously contemplated on using his weapon to get inside.

One bullet... One bullet between his eyes would be enough.

"He is right. He should talk to his wife about it." Kylie said. "I am sorry, Derick. But family is not allowed here."

Derick clenched his jaws. Liam went to him and patted his back. "Derick, leave it," he said in a soft tone. He did not want Derick to lose his job and reputation because of a moment of anger.

Maybe he will talk to Rory once she wakes up.

Liam sat by Rory’s bedside the entire night. He couldn’t get a wink of sleep.

Ellie was not feeling well either. She had caught a fever and had to be taken to the ER. They said that they will have to keep her on close monitoring to see if she improves.

And there she was... the woman he hated all his life, ever since his father brought her home--Claire. She was very scared to talk to him and he could see his father’s protective stance as she approached him.

He had not a single ounce of hate for that woman anymore. They had left home and came here the moment they learned that Rory was hurt. Derick’s fiancée took on the duty of looking after his grandmother.

Family... This is what how it is supposed to be, right?

When Claire asked if she could take care of the baby, he agreed. He couldn’t even meet the eyes of his father. Frank--this is the man he thought of as a villain; the one who hurt his mother! He never hesitated to show his disgust towards that man who raised him alone, in favor of that man he thought of as a role model.

But how wrong was he? Who is the worthiest man?

"Son, we’ll have a talk later, alright? Don’t worry. It’s all going to be fine."

Frank hugged him. He said nothing. He could not say anything to that man who still loved him for some reason he could not comprehend. He could only cry in his embrace.

"She’s strong, that one. Rory... she is stronger than she thinks she is." Frank said. "You won’t lose her. Believe me. She won’t let you go." Frank said.

Liam could only hope that his words come to pass. He does not want Rory to leave him either. Or worse, she cannot end up like his mother.

But what if she ends up like that?

-----

Rory was surrounded by darkness. Like a dream, the memory of the past wafted in that darkness like a nostalgic scent. She couldn’t see anything and yet like a familiar scent, it made her remember that day.

The series of events led her to conceive Ellie.

She was broken as Liam was not even trying to hide his wandering eyes. And she walked by a high-end lingerie store, she thought of putting some effort to have that "spark" back. She trialed a lot and ended up buying that set that made her look so sexy even in her eyes.

Wearing that, and just a robe above it, she waited for her husband’s return that night. She even cooked his favorite meal that night. He came back, drunk.

And she lost it. And there it was... the usual back and forth between them that had become a daily occurrence by then. She relegated him to the couch and slept in their bed, alone.

After a long time, that nightmare returned. That dark figure that lingered and lurked to haunt her... She remembered that very well because she wondered that night if Liam was her guardian angel who could protect her from nightmares. Because when he was near, she rarely gets those nightmares.

And the next morning, she forgot what she was wearing and walked out of the room. She had forgotten about her husband she left on the couch. But he was awake, and she saw a familiar smile on his face, and lust she loved. He pushed her onto the couch, and there, they had fun.

He wanted to go raw and she allowed it because she planned on getting the Plan B pills.

She forgot the pills because... obviously, they had another fight, and she was too mad to remember to get the pills.

And that’s how Ellie came to be.

And that lingerie... she burned them out of anger. No one other than she and Liam knows of its existence.

But if Lennon knew, then..

----

With a gasp, Rory woke up. She was stunned to see Liam by her side. Bowing his head he was half-asleep. But he opened his eyes sensing her movement.

Rory took a deep breath.

"I want a divorce," she said.