The Secret Obsession of the CEO
Chapter 31: Careless And Cruel

Chapter 31: Careless And Cruel

Although Rory could not see his expression clearly, she noted that his hands were trembling. He placed one of his hands on his hip and rubbed his forehead with the other. She heard him murmur something to the ground and she listened to him closely.

"...you were not supposed to..." He sighed.

"Supposed to what?" she asked and he shook his head and took a step back. He let out another sigh.

"Just speak, Liam. You were loud that day. Who got your voice now, huh?" Rory pushed him to speak out.

"Cherry, I..." he took a step forward but then placing his hands on his head he turned around.

"Shit! It’s all...shit!" he cussed stomping on the ground.

Rory folded her hands over her chest letting out a sigh. He is getting angrier, but he cannot speak the truth. She didn’t know what she should do with him. She wiped her tears but they didn’t stop.

"It was that woman, wasn’t it?" Liam suddenly turned and walked closer to her. Rory stood straight as she saw him approaching her.

"She was the one who told you, right? You were asleep. You didn’t hear, right?" Liam grabbed her shoulders. "She... she never liked to see my happy. She always wanted to~"

"Stop it, Liam!" Rory shrugged his hands off her.

That woman... There is only one person who he calls that way—his stepmother. He despises her.

Rory didn’t want to hear his "thoughts" about his stepmother again. "Why would she~"

"Or was it Derick?" he furrowed his brows. "How else would-"

Derick? He brings up Derick?

She got mad. When her contractions started, she tried contacting Liam but he didn’t answer her. So she asked for the help of Derick. He was the one who helped her get to the hospital in the middle of the night.

Why is he blaming him?

"I heard you, Liam!" Rory said, interjecting him. "I heard you loud and clear! That room was not very soundproof. I heard you..." she let out a sigh seeing him stumbling back once more.

"I...that woman... she..." he searched for words to say and Rory realized what could have happened there.

He said those words to his stepmother for whatever stupid reason his pathetic brain came up with! I was not "supposed" to hear it!

"You..." she didn’t know what she could say to him. She didn’t want to look at his face anymore.

The crushing pain she had when she heard him say it, the stress she was in that slowed down her recovery after childbirth, the plentiful nights she spent crying... It was all for... his stupid ass wanting to own his stepmother!

How could he...

Her heart hurt like it was shredded into tiny little pieces once more. Rather than feeling happy that he never doubted her, she was dejected that he said such cruel words without even meaning it just to get back at his stepmother.

Why didn’t he think of me when he said that? What if his family believed his words? What will they think of me? Does he not know that words hurt? What will stop him from treating me like he treats his stepmother one day in the future? Should I wait and find out?

F*ck him!

Rory opened the trunk and got her luggage out. She then got the diaper bag that fell in the scuffle some time ago. As she was about to get to the back seat to get her baby, Liam stopped her.

"Aurora, I am sorry..." he blocked her. His eyes were red and he looked at her distressed. But he gritted his teeth as anger ruled his face once more. "That woman was acting happy as if she was the one who became a grandmother and I couldn’t..."

"Right!" Rory stopped him from speaking further. Rather than apologizing, he is more interested in showing his anger toward his stepmother.

"She was happy because Ellie was born and you got mad. Do you know what you actually did, Liam?" she looked at him. His eyes met with hers.

"You stuck a knife in my heart!" she hit her heart with her fisted hand.

Liam jerked and tried to get close to her but she waved her hand gesturing for him to stop. And he did. She didn’t want to cry in front of him but her tears didn’t stop. She was surprised she still has this many tears left to shed.

"Do you know what you did to me, Fizzy? Do you know how much you hurt me? For an entire year... you weren’t even with me and...." She couldn’t continue as she couldn’t breathe.

After she went through the tedious pregnancy and arduous labor alone, and just when she was happy that she brought a new life to this world healthy and safe, the words she heard from him broke her soul. And it turns out, that he said such heavy words without even minding how hurtful they were.

Such a careless attitude about such an important issue...

She felt suffocating pain in her chest.

"Just..." she waved her hand and turned away from him to take a deep breath. She wanted to tell him a lot but she feared how he will take it and how he will react to it. Because till now, he failed in listening to her.

She stuck her body inside the car and got the carrycot out safely. Ellie was still sleeping and even in that stress, looking at her baby’s face brought a slight smile to her lips.

Yeah, she is enough!

"Rory, I’ll drop you," he tried to get the carrycot, but she glared at him.

"I survived you throwing a divorce paper at me out of nowhere, Liam. And I survived hearing you saying that I cheated on you and gave birth to someone else’s child. I am sure I can survive this road," she said softly and with a forced smile.

He looked stunned and lost for words.

Wiping her face on her sleeves she turned and walked away without even turning to look at his face. Dragging the luggage through the hard road, carrying the diaper bag and the carrycot was hard for her.

They were heavy, but her heart was heavier.

But still, she pushed through. The willpower that enabled her to move forward till then, aided her to take each step forward.

Liam stood in the middle of the road, stunned. The words she spoke felt like hard slaps on his face.

It was just one sentence he said... one cruel sentence. He didn’t realize how cruel it was until now.

He was irritated with that woman who tried to hold his adorable newborn baby who was painfully brought to this world by his Cherry.

’Our first grandchild...’

That woman told his father and his father agreed with her. The smiles on their faces irked him. He remembered thinking that his mother should be the one holding his baby, not that woman!

And he said it.

His father raised his hand at him. ’You pray that Rory didn’t hear it. Because if she did, I’ll kill you!’ he said. Derick punched him in the face when he learned what he said which turned into a scuffle. He was thrown out of the hospital. He thought everyone was overreacting over nothing.

But were they?

She heard it... she thought I doubted her... What have I done!