The Secret Obsession of the CEO
Chapter 95: Will Protect

Chapter 95: Will Protect

Rory went to the bed, pouting. She knew this is how Derick would react. She blamed herself for her loud mouth.

Because she was angry at Jennifer, she accidentally leaked the truth. She can’t be this careless.

But still, she didn’t find it a good idea to be the bridesmaid at Derick’s wedding. She didn’t know how Derick is going to convince Julia to make her a bridesmaid. She doesn’t know Julia enough to become her bridesmaid and as a woman, she hated to impose herself on another woman’s wedding.

Ah... It would be very awkward! Why is Derick doing this?

"What happened here?" Liam entered the room with Ellie. Seeing Rory on the bed with a tired expression, he sat beside her.

Ellie was yawning after her little walk and leaned on Liam’s shoulder.

"Ah, if I could be like Ellie..." Rory pouted. "I could eat and sleep all day long and no one will get mad at me for no reason."

"What happened? I saw the nurses were all whispering something and the Burn-head was walking by. Did she come to talk to you?" Liam rubbed her back.

People in this town do not like the Roberts(well, not all Roberts, but some of them!) much and they don’t hesitate to show it. Even the hospital staff treats them with veiled animosity.

He knew something must have happened when he saw Jennifer walking by. That "innocent" blonde always gets the support of everyone even if she is the villainess.

Rory closed her eyes as his gentle caress calmed her down. But she didn’t fail to notice the malice he tries to hide in his gentleness.

"Maybe it is time we leave for home..." She said not wanting to tell him what Jennifer told her. She didn’t want Liam to go fight with her.

She knew he would.

"Cherry, what did she want with you?" Liam asked, holding her hand.

"Nothing... The usual..." Rory shrugged.

"Look at me!" Liam held her chin and made her look at him. She looked at him with her eyes wide.

"He was here and he knows what happened. But you won’t tell me?"

Liam asked what he wanted to ask her for a long time. He wanted to know why it is easy for her to show Derick her vulnerable side but not for him.

Rory sighed. "Why? Because he won’t interfere in my business. But you will."

She sat up as he scoffed.

"Fizzy, if I fight with Jennifer, it would be just a mindless fight two women have. It would mean nothing. But if you get involved..." She tapped his cheek.

"Maybe you won’t be mean to Jennifer... You weren’t before..." She curled her lips and plopped on the bed showing him her back.

When Jennifer bullied her in the past, this guy was busy trying to woo her and was simping her. It was why she had to take charge and show her that she can fight back.

Liam found his anger all drained remembering the past. "Cherry, I..."

"Don’t talk to me," she pushed his hand away. Liam hugged her and she tried to shrug him off.

"Go see if she needs her purse carried or her car filled up or her family needs groceries~"

"I did that for you, Cherry," he interjected her.

Rory stopped struggling and listened to him.

"I thought... One of her friends told me that she was interested in me and so I... If I did all that, I believed that she’d stop bothering you. And so I..."

"But she didn’t..." Rory turned to face him. He was looking at her and she kissed him.

"Why did you never tell me this?" She asked. He chucked.

"When I saw you holding that hairspray and lighter, I... And how Jennifer acted with you after that incident" Liam brushed a lock of her hair falling on her forehead.

"You taught me one valuable lesson that day. You can’t fight ugly with niceness. You fight with fire to win. The world is ugly, Cherry. People are ugly... except you. In this ugly world, no one can achieve anything by being nice. And you know, it is how I got where I am today. With fire!" He kissed her forehead.

Liam hugged her. Rory, in his embrace, smiled.

"Derick wanted me to be nice to Jennifer, " she said. Liam scoffed.

"I know, right?" She chuckled. "He’s always like that. He wants me to be..."

"Nice?" Liam laughed. "I know it would be hard for you."

"Jennifer knew about our divorce and... She saw the hickey you left and... You might hear rumors in the town that me and Derick...we..."

"That’s fine..." He patted her back. He could imagine what Jennifer would have assumed.

"I told her that her husband is cheating on her though... Knowing her character, even if it isn’t true, she’d..." She giggled.

"Oops!" Liam chuckled.

"Yeah, oops..." Rory smiled along.

"Aren’t you tired?" He caressed her hair.

"Hmm..." Rory nuzzled her head in his chest.

She could not stop smiling. She remembered the past.

Jennifer’s incident made them closer.

From then on, every time a woman expressed her love for him, or when someone tried to be nasty with her, he always stepped forward.

And he was never nice to them.

Thinking of every time he tried to protect her in their way, she fell asleep.

"Sleep, baby... Sleep..." Liam patted her back. "I will protect you, always, anyway I can..." He kissed her head.

This is the first time he listened to what she told him. And maybe this is the first time she told him what she thinks.

He was protecting her and she in her way was protecting him by hiding certain things from him.

He won’t interfere in my business...

He could get an idea of what she thinks about Derick.

I’m the special one in her heart, aren’t I?

His heart filled with happiness. He saw Ellie sleeping peacefully next to Rory.

Ah... My family!

He smiled from his heart.

His eyes ended up on her fingers. She was bare-fingered. He looked at his finger. He was wearing a ring— their wedding band.

He didn’t buy the ring. It was his father who...

Maybe I should get us new rings... It is time for me to do what I never got to do.

I have to buy our rings using my money.

And people like Jennifer are mocking her for the divorce..? That is not nice, is it?

After making sure that both of them are asleep, he stood up. He went over his phone for the pictures he had of Rory and Ellie. He took a lot of pictures these days (both with her knowledge and without her knowledge).

He found an appropriate picture and his lips curved into a smile.

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Rory woke up to her phone buzzing. It was Mia and Rory answered the call.

"You are Liam Robert’s wife?" She asked and it took Rory some time to understand what she was asking.

"I know... I know it is you, Rory. His post is going viral! Check it!" Mia shouted in excitement.

"Wait... I’ll talk to you later, Mia," Rory ended the call.

She checked Liam’s social media posts. She didn’t have to try hard as when she tried his name, all the tabloids had "Exclusives" of Liam Robert’s wife.

Not wanting to give them the click, Rory signed into her account. Of course, Liam’s name was trending.

And there she found it... The odd picture he posted had become viral.

It is me! And Ellie! When did he take this picture? Wait... Did he lie on the ground to take this picture..? What an... Aww...

The caption was simple — My girls!

Most of the picture was blades of grass. And in between the blurry blades of grass, on the ground was sitting a woman (Rory) showing her back to the camera, her red hair fluttering in the wind. She was holding a baby(Ellie) with her feet on the ground. Only a part of the baby’s cheek and ears were visible.

Only those who know her would be able to recognize her from the picture. Others won’t be able to find out who was in the picture using the details in the picture.

Is he planning to sell our pictures for an exclusive? Well, if it pays, he should...

Rory recognized that place as the backyard of her grandma’s house.

This idiot stalked me and took pictures of us? How many times should I tell him that it is not romantic and it is creepy? But... This picture turned out well, right?

With mixed emotions, Rory stared at the phone.

But she would say...her happiness trumped other emotions.

She leaned back and let out a deep breath.

He is willing to tell everyone that I am his wife!

She heard someone entering the room and looked up.

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While Rory was happy, another person was not very much so. Sitting on the toilet seat, he was trembling with anger. Through the cracked screen, he saw the post and he growled.

"How dare he... How dare he..."

His eyes reddened and he gritted his teeth.

*knock*

"Are you okay?"

The sweet voice of the woman who was worried for him did nothing to placare him. His eyes never left the screen.

"You are mocking me, aren’t you, Liam? You will pay the price!"