"Why did you leave me?" Liam asked. There was something in his eyes, whether it was sadness or confusion, I couldn't tell.

"I didn't leave you. I left because it was becoming too much," I said.

Liam moved closer to me, and I wanted to take a step back, but I didn't.

"Look, I know you're upset with me,"

I was reminded of the way he kissed me at the party. It was not because he wanted to but to prove a point to the enemy.

"Why are you even here, Liam?" I sighed.

"Why are you questioning it?" He asked me. "I searched for you at the party, and you left!" He raised his voice.

"I should have never gone," I said. "I would have never gone if I knew you would just use me!" I shouted.

"Use you, Storm? I never would!" He yelled back.

"Really? Then why kiss me in front of Jace?" I asked him.

He looked confused. As if he hadn't even known what he did wrong.

"What are you talking about?" He asked me.

He took a step back from me, turning around. He took a long breath, and he fisted his hand.

"Don't pretend you don't know," I scoffed.

He turned around, coming to stand once again in front of me. "I kissed you because I-" he paused, quickly stopping himself from saying anything.
"I don't want to talk about this here. Let's go home," he grabbed my wrist in his hand.

But I took my hand away from his hold.

"No," I said. "I'm not going anywhere with you. I'm going to stay with Cassian," I said.

"Don't do this, Storm,"

"I'm not doing anything. I'm not going with you!" I exclaimed.

I couldn't remember when things changed when I was able to talk to him this way. But a couple of months ago, if I did speak the way I was to him right now, he would have done something to make me regret ever raising my voice.

But right now, he only looked at me. He barely even moved. I wanted to reach out and touch him despite it all, but I stayed still.

I reminded myself no matter what happens; this man hates you. He hates you more than anything. And you should hate him just the same.

He was the reason for everything. Don't you dare forget that?

But I can't hate him. I don't hate him at all.

"Storm, I need you," he said. His voice was broken, and it shattered my heart.

"I needed you to, Liam. But you never seem to care about that," I said.

I closed my eyes for a few seconds. I couldn't see that look in his eyes. I didn't want him to look at me like that ever again.

"Please leave," I told him. "I want you to leave,"

He moved to touch me, but I moved away, afraid that if I did let him feel me, I would crumble right there.

He sighed and walked towards the door. I turned around, holding back the tears that made my throat so painful.

I waited for the door to close, and when it finally did, I released a breath.

I still didn't want to turn around. I didn't want to see that he no longer was there.

But I didn't seem to have to because my legs lifted off the ground, and I was picked in a bridal style.

I screamed, not expecting that to happen.

Cassian ran back inside the living room. His eyes found mine, shocked to see me in Liam's arm.

"I'm not leaving without you," Liam said.

"Stone let her go," Cassian said firmly. But Liam only ignored him and left out the door.

Cassian yelled to let me go, but he didn't. Liam opened the passenger door and placed me inside. He got inside the driver's side and drove out of the lake house's parking lot.

The rain was still heavy, and I could barely see the road.

I peered through the window. The roads were empty, pitch black, and only Liam's jeep headlight showed me the clear road.

The rain was coming down like torment. The windshield wipers moved back and forth quickly, trying the best to clear away the vast droplets falling onto the window.

I wasn't sure how Liam could drive in this. How he even drove in this?

"What is wrong with you?" I yelled at him.

I couldn't believe he had quickly picked me up and brought me out. He was always this way, and it was frustrating.

"Everything!" He screamed. "Everything is wrong with me ever since I met you,"

I was a little taken back by that.

"Don't," I whispered.

"Don't what?" He asked.

"Don't blame me for everything. You blamed me for so long you don't get to do that now," I said.

He knew what I was saying was the truth.

"You need to understand that no matter what, I will always blame you. Because I don't know what else to do. I'm broken. I'm beyond broken and you being here is the only piece of humanity I have left," I hadn't expected him to say that. I hadn't expected him to say anything. "I don't deserve you. I never deserved you. Noah should have been the one that should be here. But he's not, and I hate that. I despise that he's not here, and I hate that you hate me because of that," he sighs, his eyes still on the road.

"I don't hate you, Liam," I say. I want to I try to, but I can't do it. "I can't hate you," his eyes found mine for few seconds before he turned his attention back to the road.

"You should," he said. "I think for such a long time I had hoped you would, and I believed you did," he sighed.

My thoughts flicker back to when I had first met him on the sidewalk of my house, where he had yelled at me for being so clumsy.

I remember thinking that this boy was going to be a nightmare. That I should do whatever I can to stay away from him.

He had called me such horrible things, and I had gone home and cried on the first day here.

Having the same boy tell me he doesn't hate me that he doesn't even deserve me.

The whole time when I was with Cassian, I hadn't thought about Liam once. My thoughts didn't even cross paths with him.

But now, when he had shown up unexpectedly and scooped me right off my feet, I had all my thoughts with one thing only.

It was him. It's always have been him.

"Liam... I-" I opened my mouth to say, but two blinding lights shined in front of us.

I quickly realized it was a truck—a truck speeding towards us.

"Fuck!" He cursed.

The truck opposite to us sped towards us fast, and Liam slammed on his brakes and swerved his jeep. Suddenly the car spun out of control, and Liam's hand found mine.

The seat belt cut through my skin, and the glass from the broken window sliced me everywhere. But I held on to Liam's hand.

I didn't want to let go of him. I need him closer to me more than ever.

Images of my parents flashed in my mind, and the thought of my friends filled it, but it felt like none of it mattered because the man in front of me was all I could see.

All I wanted to see.

A huge blow hit the car, and the spinning stopped,  and it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off me, and the last thing I heard was Liam's slow whisper.

"I love you,"

Before darkness took me over.

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