Chapter 55
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'Who is she?" Moon muttered going back to the running shower to stand under it.
Shaking the thought off her head for the moment and deciding to ask him later, she closed her eyes to feel the rushing water on her skin.
'Moon!" Liam's voice suddenly invaded her head, making her jolt and almost slip.
She took time to calm her beating heart so that she could give a response.
'Moon?" He called again, the urgency in his voice startled her.
'Yes." Her voice was overshadowed by fear.
It seemed he didn't hear her because he began to twist the doorknob violently.
Stepping back from the still running water, Moon's legs touched the toilet bowl and she sagged down on the closed toilet seat.
Her eyes were wide with fear as she stared at the door which she felt was about to pop open.
Liam whose wolf had almost taken control of his body, searched for the keys to the locked bathroom with extreme urgency. Swallowing the fear rising from the pit of his tummy.
Taking the key with a little shaky hand, he turned the door open and without a second thought, opened the door wide.
'Aaah!" Moon screamed, crossing her hands over her breast and shrinking deeper into her seat.
'Oh!" Liam stopped before he could even step in.
'Leave." Moon felt herself say, her face was getting hot.
'You have been in for a while and I was beginning to have the wrong assumption." He said.
'I was washing." She couldn't even look towards the door.
'I will be right back." He told her but before she could stop him from coming back, he had already closed the door.
'Wheew!" She breathed in relief and went towards the clothes to feel them, but they were still wet.
'Ooh, the water." Her lips curved downwards as she thought of the amount of water she must have wasted.
Liam went towards the opened basket and gathered everything without looking. He rushed towards his drawer, took one of his towels, and teleported to the door.
Reaching the shower, she was about to put it off when the door was pushed open again.
Moon yelped and pressed herself against the wall, only letting her back side show.
'Easy there. I won't look, I promise." Liam's voice was deeper than usual, his mischievous wolf was fully let out.
'Ke…keep the cloth and leave." Moon stuttered.
This time, her face was alarmingly red, and she worried about the shape of her butt out of full display.
'I can't unless you want me to open my eyes." Liam teased, the smile in his voice could not be missed.
'I WILL GET IT!" She said immediately.
'Close your eyes…please." She felt nervous, her ugly scars being part of the reasons she could not let herself be seen.
'My eyes are closed, Pretty." He half sang.
This was not the Liam she knew. She imagined herself asking the question 'Who are you?" but she waved it off. The most important thing was to get the clothes he got for her and be out.
Walking briskly towards him, her eyes on his face constantly, she snatched the clothes from his outstretched hand.
'Easy, Pretty."
'Stop calling me that." She snapped at him with a glare while wondering why he was still standing there.
As if reading her mind, he smirked. 'I will leave when you are done dressing."
'What!?" The rate her neck snapped in his direction, she felt it would fall off. The speed of her heartbeat wasn't spared either.
'We don't want you drowning yourself to death." He nodded in the direction of the bathtub.
'You are peeping." She pointed a shaky finger at him.
How did he know where the bathtub was located?
'You're cute." He chuckled again, putting his hands in his pants pocket.
'This my bathroom, I don't need to open my eyes to know where my things are." He gave a full smile this time and she almost had a heart attack.
Her blush was much and she scolded herself for getting carried away.
‘What am I doing falling for a cute guy while being butt naked!?'
Moon made a mental note to ask him for her room and bathroom till things got sorted out.
Looking at the heap in her hands, she hung them on the line above her and dried her body as fast as she could before wrapping the towel around her head, trapping her wet hair inside.
'The room stinks of your nervousness; calm your nerves; I won't look." He said with a shrug.
'I will be calm if you leave." Her voice was a little shaky.
'We are fated."
'Not mated yet."
'I love the ‘yet', it gives me hope."
'Leave." Moon was almost crying out in frustration as she rummaged through the clothes.
'Are you all right?" Liam asked in concern when she began coughing.
'STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" Moon's eyes were wide seeing him about to move towards her.
The red lacy pants and a small-sized bra in her hand surprised her. She didn't expect to see sexy lingerie among the things he brought.
Looking at his wide shoulders, the worry in his face, his tensed muscles as he fought the urge to open his eyes, and the red thingy in his hand, she felt her stomach dip and the middle of her thigh clench. She felt weird.
‘Did he go to get it himself?'
Thinking of the best solution, she untied the towel on her head and wrapped it around herself but it wasn't enough to cover her ugly scars.
Not thinking about anything else, she quickly put on the lingerie not taking her eyes off him for a bit.
Taking the gown she was given, she sized it up and entered into another fit of cough.
'Jeez!" She almost fell but his hand caught her.
She refused to believe he had his eyes closed all this time but seeing his face and his awkwardly closed eye, she wondered if his words were true.
Straightening and putting her shit together, she cleared her throat and threw the cloth to his chest. For a person with closed eyes, his hands caught the cloth before it reached his chest.
She began to feel self-aware and it annoyed her that he was invading her space without her permission.
'What do you take me for? A whore!?" She yelled at him.
The crease on his face made her soften her tone at the end, he looked innocent.
'I will be right back." He had told her before turning his back on her.
He walked out as if his dignity had been trampled upon; his shoulders were a little stiff, and Moon felt bad.
Closing the door, Liam opened his eyes to reveal a sheen of tears. His neck bulged with thick veins from trying to stop himself from crying out.
‘What were those things on her body?' His wolf sounded as miserable as he felt.
He had his eyes closed, but with an ability, he could still see what was happening around him.
'Should I still wait on you!?" Moon's voice from the bathroom stopped him from thinking further.
'In a jiffy." He tried sounding mischievous but failed miserably at it.
Folding his hand into a tight ball, with his teeth clenched, he blinked twice and cleared the tears from his eyes.
Teleporting to his wardrobe, he opened it and, after a quick scan, selected a white short-sleeved shirt.
He teleported to the bathroom door again and was about to push it open but it got opened from inside with Moon's hand outstretched.
'Not so fast Liam." Her hand made the come here sign.
Sniggering, he kept the cloth on her open palm and she took it in, locking the door from inside.
'LIAM!" She yelled his name and he imagined her red face.
'You can choose to walk out in your sexy lingerie; it wouldn't be bad for a start." He said and started laughing out loud.
'You wish." She retorted.
He gave a smug smile at the image of her in his shirt; the self-satisfaction he felt made his body get hot.
