Chapter 214: Heart Attack (2)
Liam’s POV
Damn. My heart felt like it was about to burst out of my chest. I didn’t even know what possessed me to say all that to Ella. Maybe it was reckless, maybe it was too much, too soon, but I couldn’t hold it back. She needed to know how real, how sincere my feelings were.
Because the truth was simple: I could already see her in my future. If it were up to me, she’d be the woman I’d grow old with.
Now here I was, waiting for her answer, and I swear I was seconds away from a nervous breakdown. Time really did stand still. My pulse hammered so loud it drowned out everything else.
And then—she smiled.
She smiled like the world had just split open and heaven poured through. My angel.
"I do understand what you mean... I want that too..." she said softly.
Hallelujah! I swear the angels were singing with my heart and soul because I had never—ever—felt this kind of happiness before.
Without thinking, I grabbed her and hugged her tight, lifting her straight off the ground. "Thank you!" I laughed, spinning her around like a man who just won the lottery of life.
She squealed, her laughter filling my ears like music. "Liam! You’re making me dizzy!"
I laughed with her, wild and unrestrained, but then—
*BAM!*
My legs hit the edge of the bed, and we toppled onto the mattress with a bounce. I landed over her, catching myself with my arm so I wouldn’t crush her.
Her hair spilled across her face, and she quickly brushed it back, still giggling. I helped her, my fingers grazing her skin, and then I froze, because suddenly, the room went quiet.
There she was, lying beneath me, her laughter fading into a breathless smile. And I just stared, caught in the beauty of her face, in the way every moment with her kept stealing more and more of me.
I couldn’t hold back. I kissed her lips softly, lingering just long enough to feel her warmth before whispering against her mouth, "Gods, you don’t know how happy I am right now."
She smiled at me, her eyes glowing like she was finally letting me in. "Me too... Thank you for saying it. I feel relieved."
Her words made me frown. "Relieved? Why?" I asked, curiosity gnawing at me. "What were you thinking before?"
Her gaze dropped for a moment, and my chest tightened as she spoke. "I was afraid you might not like me that much once you really got to know me. That maybe, when you realized I’m just... ordinary, not like the women in your social circle... you’d walk away."
Damn. My heart ached at her confession. She had been thinking that all this time? That was on me for not making her feel just how special she is. Right then and there, I swore I’d change that. I’d make sure she never doubted herself again.
I caught her hand and lifted it to my lips, pressing a firm kiss against her knuckles. "Don’t think like that, Ella. It’s you I like. Not them. I don’t care what any other woman is like—you’re the one I chose. I like you exactly the way you are."
Her breath hitched, and as if some invisible magnet pulled me, my eyes fell to her lips again. I couldn’t resist. I kissed her, deeper this time, and to my delight, she kissed me back with the same urgency.
Her hands tangled in my hair, tugging slightly, and it sent jolts of electricity racing down my spine. My body shuddered from the sensation, heat surging through me.
And hell... I was hard again.
Her mouth, the way her tongue brushed mine, the small, urgent press of her hands—it all unmoored me. Heat pooled low in my chest and spread through my limbs until restraint felt like a thin, useless thing I could tear away with a sigh.
I told myself to stop. To pull back. To be reasonable. To remember the quiet promise I wanted to keep for her. But reason slid right off me the second her body pressed against mine and the room narrowed to the rhythm of our breathing.
My hand moved as if it had a will of its own, traveling along the curve of her side. She answered me with a sharp, beautiful gasp that landed in my gut and ruined whatever calm I’d tried to summon.
Everything about her was soft and incandescent—a picture I’d been sketching in my head for weeks and finally had before me, alive and impossibly real.
We kissed like we were both running out of time and also like we wanted to slow the whole world down.
Her fingers threaded through my hair; I felt them tug, steady and sure. Each touch set off another small explosion of wanting, but beneath the hunger there was this fierce, protective tenderness that surprised me—a care that kept me from losing myself completely.
When I finally pulled back, it was because I needed to see her face again, to memorize the little tremble of her lips and the wild light in her eyes. We hovered there, breathless and grinning like idiots who’d just been given the best kind of trouble.
"Gods," I murmured, voice rough and full, "you have no idea what you do to me."
She smiled, cheeks flushed, and for a second, the rest of the world felt utterly, perfectly safe.
I kissed her again, deeper this time, like I couldn’t get enough of her, because I couldn’t. My hand moved on its own, sliding over her shoulder and tugging at the thin strap of her dress. It slipped down slowly, and my pulse went wild when she didn’t stop me.
That tiny detail... her letting me in, her letting me continue, it was all the permission I needed. Logic? Reason? Both were long gone. What remained was this burning certainty that I wanted her, needed her, like the very air I was breathing.
The thought roared in my chest: I wanted to claim every part of her, not just with a kiss, not just with words, but wholly. Fully. Completely.
And the way she looked at that moment, eyes shut and lips parted, made me believe she wanted the same thing too.
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