Chapter 103 Lies
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Liam had once sworn that he would treat Tracy well for the rest of his life. If anyone ever dared hurt her, he would risk his own life to protect her.
<i>There </i><i>had </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>some </i><i>misunderstanding</i><i>. </i><i>Maybe </i><i>Ronald </i><i>was </i><i>just </i><i>saying </i><i>what </i><i>Tracy </i><i>told </i><i>him </i><i>to </i><i>say</i>.
<i>Yeah</i>, that had <i>to </i><i>be </i><i>it</i>. <i>Ronald </i><i>was </i><i>an </i><i>outsider</i><i>–</i><i>how </i><i>could </i><i>he </i><i>know </i><i>Tracy </i><i>better </i><i>than </i><i>I</i>, who’d known <i>her </i><i>for </i><i>over </i><i>20 </i><i>years</i><i>? </i>
Liam decided he was going to find Tracy and get answers.
<i>But </i><i>still</i><i>, if </i><i>she </i><i>wanted </i><i>his </i><i>attention</i><i>, </i><i>why </i><i>go </i><i>through </i><i>Ronald</i><i>? </i><i>And </i>why <i>let </i><i>him </i><i>call </i><i>her </i><i>“</i><i>CeeCee</i>“<i>? </i>
The more Liam thought about it, the angrier he got. He didn’t even notice that once again, he was ming Tracy for everything.
He didn’t know how fast he drove back to the Jackman Vi, but he stormed straight into Tracy’s room the second he got there.
She wasn’t inside. But when he opened the door, he froze.
Compared to his and Erin’s room, this one was small. Aside from a bed and a vanity, the only other piece of furniture was a single chair. The rest of the room was empty.
The sight reminded him of the bare little room in that rental apartment earlier.
This room <i>had </i><i>been </i><i>arranged </i><i>for </i><i>Tracy </i><i>by </i><i>Walter</i><i>–</i><i>how </i><i>could </i><i>it </i><i>possibly </i><i>look </i><i>like </i><i>this</i><i>? </i>
Walter was out on business, so Liam went to find one of the house staff.
“What’s going on with Tracy’s room? You people aren’t secretly mistreating her again, are you?”
A while back, when Walter found out Tracy had been put in a maid’s quarters, he ripped into everyone who worked here. Two maids had been made scapegoats, used of bullying Tracy, and fired.
But everyone knew the real story, and Liam–who had been the first to find out she’d been living in the servants‘ wing–knew it best.
A lie repeated enough times could almost sound true.
Now Liam had convinced himself the bare room was the staff’s fault, not because of what Ronald had told him.
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But the maid shook her head quickly. “It’s not us, Mr. Liam. Ms. Tracy cleared the room herself. She said she doesn’t like too much stuff in here. She only kept the vanity. Everything else she moved to other rooms. Walter knows.”
Liam knew the staff wouldn’t dare lie to him.
And that made his face turn pale.
The maid didn’t know what was wrong with him, so she just stood there, uneasy.
That was the moment Erin walked in. She looked puzzled. “What’s going on?”
The maid’s expression lit up with relief. She rushed to exin that Liam had somehow gotten the wrong idea and thought they were bullying Tracy again.
Everyone who worked at the Jackman Vi knew how much the family adored Erin. It was only natural for the maid to turn to her for help.
She didn’t notice that Liam–who used to greet Erin warmly—was now just standing still, watching her with a searching, uncertain look.
Erin noticed, though. Something in her chest tightened, though she kept her smile.
She waited for the maid to finish, then sent her away with a kind word. Turning back to Liam, she
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him a warm, understanding smile. “If Tracy asked for it that way, we should respect her decision.”
Her tone was gentle andforting. But Liam didn’t hear a word of it.
“Erin,” he asked suddenly, “before you were kidnapped, why did you send your bodyguard away? And why were you in the old district?”
Erin’s smile froze.
She never expected Liam to ask her something like that,
<i>When </i>did <i>he </i><i>start </i>getting smart? And <i>worse</i>, when did he <i>start </i>suspecting me<i>? </i>
Her lips parted, but when she saw his sharp eyes fixed on her, she forced herself to stay calm.
Her mind raced. She quickly put on a nervous, evasive expression. “I … I was just bored. I wanted to take a walk by myself.”
It was a weak excuse, and her face made it obvious she was lying.
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Liam’s expression darkened. A wave of anger surged through him.
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He grabbed her arm–harder than he meant to. “Erin, you’ve never lied to me before. Tell me the truth–why were you there?”
Erin was startled by his sudden outburst.
This time, her fear wasn’t an act.
In all the years since she’de back to the Jackman Vi, Liam had never spoken to her like this. He’d never even raised his voice at her, let alone grabbed her like now.
Maybe it was the heat of the moment, but Liam didn’t even realize his tone was harsh. He gripped her shoulders and shook her. “Were you were you … ”
The words caught in his throat.
…
But if he didn’t say them, Ronald’s usations would just keep echoing in his head like a curse.
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