Days became small as Lana became busier both with her school and completing her remaining internship. Liam got only night time to interact with her and sometimes he would insist on taking her out for lunch to spend some good time with her.

Day by day as her time of leaving the Sy law firm was coming near, the emotional dependency between the couple was also increasing bit by bit. That was something Liam was looking forward to and he felt really satisfied with the way they both were progressing.

That night both Liam and her were buried in their works in the study room. He was working on a case while Lana was finishing up the remaining written work for her school.

“Do you need any help from me?” He asked when he was done with his work.

Lana heaved a long sigh and said, “No… I’m almost done. Go and rest first.” She did not want Liam to help her since she was aware how much he had been working lately and was lacking sleep as well.

He was doing his best and preparing exhaustingly to win Gale’s case. Lana could foretell he would surely succeed with how flawlessly he handled everything and had investigated each and every suspect.

She had learned a lot from him and now it had become one of her main goals to beat Liam in the courtroom one day. She still had a lot to learn that would happen with time and only once she would start handling cases independently would she be able to fight a case against Liam. But that would only happen once she started working at a different legal firm. The timing for all these dreams would be too perfect once she entered Yao’s law firm.

Her face brightened and she had a playful smirk on her face as the scene of her having that one to one with Liam inside the courtroom played in her imaginative mind.

Liam observed her expressions and creased his forehead before commenting, “Looks like you’re enjoying yourself thoroughly with some naughty thoughts cropping up in your head.”

Lana snapped back to reality and her face brightened.

“I’m excited to represent a case inside the courtroom. Being with Yao legal firm will give me an opportunity to face you as an opponent…”

Liam had a lopsided grin and uttered, “then one of us might be representing the guilty then if that really happens.”

True… but Lana would never take a case from guilty clients and she knew this thing for Liam as well.

‘So… is my dream not going to be realised at all?’ Lana mused with sadness.

Liam chuckled and recalled her words to her friends that time when they met her friends and he teased, “I just remembered, you said you will only have babies once you beat me inside the court. You see, I’m looking forward to that time.”

Lana’s face turned deep red in embarrassment. She said it at that time to make their pretension as a couple believable to her friends.

Liam looked at her beautiful face that turned crimson red with embarrassment and he winked at her and said, “I know you didn’t mean it but still I will take your words seriously… Anyway, aren’t you hungry? Let me grab some hot chocolate and how about some sandwich along with it?”

Lana looked at the wall clock and it was almost midnight. She suddenly felt hungry since Liam mentioned something to eat.

“Aren’t you sleepy already? You should sleep and rest first.” Lana responded.

Liam stood up and said, “Not yet. Wait here and I’ll get us some snacks,” before walking towards the door.

Lana’s eyes followed his back and she had a beautiful smile on her face without her knowing. She felt so lucky to have someone like Liam. A man like him was hard to get nowadays.

She should nurture the relationship they had right now. How she hoped nothing would go wrong because of her past.

She knew she was falling for Liam and there was no point in denying it to herself but she was still not confident enough to be vocal to him about it.

What they had between them right now was just enough for her, being in each other’s arms and having that strong bond and connection with each other was like a fleeting dream for her. Never had she even imagined that she would have such a beautiful life and would be really loved and cherished by a man in her life this way.

Liam soon came back with a tray of hot chocolate and some sandwiches. He sat beside her and put it on the center table.

“Thanks…” Lana said with a smile as she accepted the sandwich.

She took a bite and commended, “it’s good. I love ham, cheese and egg.”

“I know…” Liam answered and moved closer to her to look at the screen of her laptop and see what she was working on.

Lana held her breath with his closeness. Even though something intimate had already happened between them, and they were not stingy in bed activities, but still for some reason her heart would start racing with his nearness.

“Hmm, how about I continue this while you finish your food.” Liam offered and pulled her laptop towards him.

Lana watched him completing her work while she enjoyed her snacking…

“Liam what is happening in your mother’s life now? I mean… don’t you get curious at all to know or find out anything about her and how she is?” Lana asked.

Liam sighed and said, “why would I Lana? Did she spare a single thought for me back then? When she herself did not bother about me and Miley why would we bother about her now? She left without considering us and our sadness, so I don’t think she deserves even a second of our time to think about…”

Lana could feel the strong hatred of Liam towards his mother.

“What if she suddenly shows up in front of you… What if she comes and asks for forgiveness?” Lana pondered, curious what would Liam do.

“I really don’t know Lana but I only hope not to cross paths with her ever. You see we are actually happy and doing pretty well without her.” Liam said, turning his head to face her.

Then he pinched her nose and said in a jest, “Why are you talking so much about my mother today? Why not talk about something more interesting like… you should ask me for other things that can pique my interest rather than my mother because I’m really not comfortable talking about her.”

“How about asking me what I want to do to you right now? Or how many babies do I want to have with you? How would we manage if we got twins for the first time? Or how many times do we need to do it before… ?”

Lana put her hand on his mouth making him stop blabbering and signaled him to zip his mouth with her glaring eyes mixed with the reddening of her face. He chuckled then pulled Lana into his embrace.