The rain is pouring hard.
There's no way Liam and the others can go out tonight. And looking at the dark sky, seems like it'll continue to rain overnight.
"Guess we'll be spending the night here then." Liam sighed and laid on the couch.
"The ladies are cleaning the rooms upstairs." Lemuel informed the two men and sat on the chair opposite Liam.
"I'll sleep here." Liam muttered with his eyes closed.
"You sure? Looks like ghosts will be feasting on you tonight, ha-ha!" Asher teased the man but failed to get the response he was expecting.
"Liam? you're afraid of ghosts?" Lemuel couldn't believe his ears then laughs after. "The mighty Liam is afraid of ghosts?!"
"Who's afraid of ghosts?" Sarah came down with Diana and heard something about their topic.
"Liam!" Lemuel keep teasing the man sleeping. "Could you believe such a man like him does?"
"Shut up." Liam is quite annoyed but not in the mood to fight with the men. "Just make sure to accompany Asher tonight. He might pee on his pants." He retorted.
"Dude, I'm not afr------ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!" Asher immediately rush towards Lemuel when he felt an eerie presence behind him.
"Ha-ha-ha!" Sarah suddenly laughs to her heart's content. She thought of scaring him and it worked!"
"So who's afraid of ghosts now, huh?" The lady kept laughing as well as Diana and Lemuel. However, they stopped when they noticed that Liam dozed off completely.
"Shhhh… That's enough. Let's not disturb him for now." Diana motioned the others to go to their rooms which they did.
After a little chitchat, Sarah fell asleep. However, hours had passed but Diana is still awake. She couldn't sleep at all and she doesn't know why. Thus she rose up and went to the kitchen to drink some water. She suddenly feels cold. Ah, it's still raining, she mumbled when she looks out the window.
It's dark and the lampstand at the kitchen table was the only thing that gives a faint light inside the house.
She sighed. She hates rain but she sometimes loves it depending on her mood. After a few seconds of watching the rain drops, she walks towards the staircase. But before she even to take a step, she heard someone muttering something she doesn't understand.
Then she remembered Liam. Slowly, she walks towards the sleeping man and the groaning becomes louder and louder as she came near him. looks like he is having a nightmare.
Diana was about to wake him up when she heard a name. Layla? Who is that? she creased her brows.
"Layla… don't… don't leave…" he mumbled. "Layla."
He kept repeating the woman's name and somehow it pained her. Dang it! she clenched her chest. Is it the name of his first love? the one the twins talked about? The one who left him? looks like it.
Diana knelt in front of the sleeping man and stared at his crinkled face. He's totally dreaming about her. And though it hurts her heart hearing another woman's name, she inches closer and held his other shoulder and lightly shook him.
"Hey, Liam… wake up…" She speaks softly. "Liam… Liam…"
The man moved a little and stopped groaning but he didn't open his eyes. Guess he's okay now. the woman thought and was about to stand however, someone grabbed her hand so she lost her balance and landed on the man's chest.
Their eyes met. Face so closed at each other that they could almost hear each other's breathing.
Diana gulped. Her heart is pounding fast. However, the next thing she heard broke her heart.
"I love you. please don't leave me again." The man's hoarse voice was charismatic enough to freeze her at the moment. He is absolutely dreaming! He thinks she's Layla.
Then Liam cupped her cheeks and slowly kisses her. He sticked his tongue out as if asking the woman a full access on her mouth but the woman seemed frozen. Her mind is in a muddle not knowing what to do. Dang it! this is totally wrong but her mind is not working properly. The man's charisma is too strong for her to handle.
She can't resist the man's appeal, therefore, she partly opens her mouth to give him access. And to her surprise, the man is now kissing her wilder and deeper as if asking her to respond… and she did. She finally kissed him back.
It's as if they couldn't get enough of each other that Liam moved and pinned the woman on the couch. Now he's on top of her. One more time, he stared at the woman's eyes as he traces his finger on his chin. Though it's dim, the faint smile on his face made him look more handsome.
Her heart is pounding irregularly fast as she felt the man's chest. And an unexplainable feeling is coursing through her body. Was she the only one feeling the heat arising in her? Dang it! she cursed. She wanted more!
The man smirked, then slowly, his lips landed on hers once again. This time, he is kissing her slowly but passionately, exploring every corner of her mouth. The woman unconsciously moaned that Liam can't help but go wilder again.
Then he slowly moved down to her neck and now his hand suddenly cupped her other breast. The woman jerked when she felt the man's hand squeezed it. She moaned when she felt the pleasure in it but she held the man's hand when he started to undress her.
"Liam!" she muttered. A tear dropped from her eyes. "Don't. please don't." Yana pleaded. She definitely like the man but to do such a thing while the man is unconscious, thinking it was all a dream breaks her heart.
The man stopped at his advances and look at the woman for a few seconds. Her eyes are closed but one can see the teardrops that fell a moment ago.
Meanwhile, the woman closed her eyes, too ashamed to look at Liam. She definitely enjoyed the man's soft lips but she got knocked back to reality just a while ago. Liam doesn't know what he is doing and what if he wakes up completely? Then she's doomed! How can she continue the journey once the man discovers what she did? She'll be labeled as an opportunist by then!
Her mind is in frenzy when she suddenly felt the man laid down beside her. Then his arms cupped her body after.
"I missed you so much. Stay with me, don't ever leave me again, hmmm?" He whispered and cuddled the dazed woman.
She stayed being cuddled up by the man for quite some time. She wanted to stay in his arms all night, but when she heard the man's heavy breathing, she carefully breaks away from his embrace and went back to her room.
That was close! She shuddered a little while sitting at the edge of the bed. Then her eyes shifted at the window watching the rain pouring out.
It's cold. She sighed. But her mind suddenly remembered Liam. He's probably shivering since it's cold. So she stood up and opened the cabinet. Good thing there are extra blankets inside so she took one and went downstairs.
"Where is he?" she muttered when she saw that the couch was empty. "He probably woke up and went to the boy's room." She turned around but suddenly screamed in fright, dropping the blanket and fell on the couch when she saw a man's silhouette standing in front her. "Shoot!!" she cursed. "You scared me!" she yelped when she saw it was Liam.
Liam raised his brow. "What are you doing here?"
"E-eh??"
"What?" the man sat on the couch, just right beside the woman.
She's blushing but she tried to speak without breaking up. "I-I felt the chill… and I thought you—you might be c-cold so I came to give you the blanket." She picked up the blanket and handed it to him. But Liam noticed her shaking hands.
"It's already 2am, why are you still awake?" the man casually asked as soon as he took the blanket from her.
"E-eh? T-that's … that's because I…I couldn't sleep. But I am going now." she faked a smile and hurried to her room.
He was watching the baffled woman running up the stairs and as soon as her shadow disappear, his lips curved to form a sly smile.