Liam intimately and gently hugged Lana in his lap throughout the way home, caressing her back and trying to calm down her fearful heart.

As soon as they reached Huang’s mansion, he still did not let her go. He carried Lana in his arms protectively and walked directly to their room. Lana’s unbreaking silence was killing him. His heart was scrunching with pain seeing her in that condition.

The trauma she had suffered during childhood was very intense and serious. That was the reason Mrs. Huang erased every trace of it from the reach of any random person. One could only have access to it if they had a high ranking position in government security.

The file having details of all the trauma that Lana went through was not even destroyed, being the basis of the sentence given to her father. Hence Mrs. Huang used her connections to make sure they would keep it as one of the classified cases.

Liam managed to get everything about Lana’s case, but he could not bear to read all the details of the way the father had tortured the little child and how deeply depressed little Lana was. Seeing Lana’s photos when she was brought to the police station was too much for him to bear.

He could easily make out that she was brutally beaten up, because her cute face was badly swollen and had wounds around her lips, and on her forehead. It was very hard to be distinguished who that child was in those photos.

The day he saw her file, he felt sad the whole day and had almost felt like killing someone to avenge that sweet little child. Later, when he came to know about her claustrophobia, he made sure that his entire building and later on even their house would always be a safe haven for Lana. He made sure no incident such as what happened today could occur during her internship and even after that.

He entered their bedroom, and Liam gently put Lana on the bed. She had already calmed down quite a lot compared to when he saw her in the lift. He then quickly grabbed a wet towel from the bathroom and wiped clean her face and hands.

He was about to get up again to get her clothes for changing and get some water for her to drink when he felt Lana’s soft hand on his wrist. He turned his head towards her and looked into her eyes.

“Please don’t leave me. Stay beside me… please…” he heard her shaking voice almost pleading with him. Liam nodded his head and removed his coat and tie before joining Lana on her bed.

“I will not leave Lana. I’ll stay with you as long as you want. But, can you please listen to me and at least drink some water? You will feel better that way. Also change out of these clothes and freshen up.” Liam whispered gently and lovingly to her, followed by a gasp when he felt Lana’s body moved and snuggled into him.

Lana was still feeling very insecure at that point and wanted to feel Liam’s warmth on hers as that gave her a sense of security. She felt so secure in his arms that she could forget those terrible memories with his soothing words and in the warm comfort of his arms.

Seeing her reluctance in leaving him, Liam did not force her for anything and wrapped his one arm around her tightly to make her more comfortable.

“Why were you in the elevator, Lana? I thought you had gone to the restroom, but when I didn’t find you there, I searched for you and found you in the elevator. Were you going back home? Did you inform anyone before leaving from there?” Liam asked while he gently caressed Lana’s hair.

Lana buried her face in his chest, taking in his scent and feeling more and more better with each passing minute. When she did not answer, he looked down at her cute little face that was flushed due to her crying for so long. Then a surge of feeling, wanting her more, suddenly made its way into his heart.

He scolded himself for being such a pervert and so, to stop his perverted train of thoughts, he again asked her, “Tell me, Lana, what happened today?”

He wanted to know what happened and why Lana ended up inside the elevator. He was too angry and irritated that Lana had to suffer even when she was under his care, and hence he wanted to get into the bottom of everything. Even if it was an accident or if it was the hotel’s negligence, he wanted all who were responsible for this accident, to pay dearly for what happened.

“Lily’s stomach was acting up, and I met her inside the restroom, so she saw me and asked to get the paper bags for the raffle draws from the admin office.” Lana answered.

Then she added, “I agreed seeing how tense she was and just as the lift started it stopped and became dark. Liam, I tried to keep myself calm for a very long time, I did think of the good things that I have, about mom, about you… but… but i slowly and slowly slipped into all those thoughts and the face of that monstrous man started haunting me again.

I still tried… but the lift didn’t move and there was no light and as time passed I couldn’t help but slip into that time, that day and I started breaking up bit by bit. Liam… my phobia… I think… I’m still not healed from my disorder.”

By the time Lana finished, she had started sobbing again and her tears broke Liam’s heart. Lana was referring to her claustrophobia.

“I’m sorry Lana… It’s all my fault. I should have been more careful and selected a better place for the party. I promise Lana, I will make sure nothing like this will ever happen again in the future.” Liam pledged with his firm and serious tone.

Lana bit her lip while her tears started to fall down on her cheeks once more. Liam felt that and heard her suppressed sobbing. He moved sideways to have a proper look at Lana. He didn’t know how to console her and keep her calm.

“Oh, God… Did I say something wrong…” he worriedly asked, thinking back if he said something to make Lana cry again. He wanted to smooth those shadows away from her beautiful eyes.

Lana shook her head when Liam blamed himself for her condition, and before she could speak a word, she felt Liam’s hand on her cheek. He was wiping her tears away with the back of his hand while he kept saying, “Sorry. Please don’t cry, I will be more careful in future. I won’t let anyone hurt you Lana… please don’t cry…”

Lana was so touched and moved by his actions that she realised her rejection for him was nothing as compared to the bond that they actually shared between each other. She stared at him with parted lips while he wiped her tears away.

She did not want Liam to console her with only his words at that moment. Her body was demanding his attention, in many ways and in every way possible.

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