After we reached home, the boys helped me out of their van. Liam unlocked the door and everyone scampered inside. Niall kept the prize on the side table and closed the door. 

Liam lead me to the couch and sat besides me while the boys sat in front of us.
"Evie.." Liam started,"What happened?"

"I didn't do anything." I replied, looking at him,"Nothing's going between us."

"Between whom?" Zayn asked.

"He thinks that I'm cheating on him with Nick." I explained, holding back my tears,"But I didn't do anything."

"Why does he thinks that?" Liam asked, his hands still around my shoulder.

"Someone lied to him." I answered, not wanting to tell him about Riley.

"Just because of that, he slapped you?" Harry frowned.

"Yeah." I nodded,"He lost his temper. But I swear I'm not cheating on him."

"We trust you, Evelyn." Niall smiled lightly.

"Yes." Liam nodded,"And he needs to trust you too."

"You two should talk and work this out." Harry advised.

"And if he does something stupid, Liam is there to beat his ass." Louis joked to lighten up the mood.

"Yeah." I laughed lightly,"I will."

"Has he ever done that before?" Zayn asked.

"N-No." I gulped,"Never."

"He surely was very pissed." Louis commented.

"I really liked that guy though." Liam spoke up,"But after what he did, you're not going to meet or talk to him until he apologises."

"How the hell am I going to explain the truth to him?" I rolled my eyes.

"Oh yeah but when you guys talk, he needs to apologise." Liam declared. 

"What if he doesn't believes me?" I asked softly. "Oh he will." Liam consoled.
"Please don't tell Mom and Dad?" I pleaded, looking at Liam. 

"What why?" Liam frowned,"They need to know about this." 

"No, Liam, please." I protested,"They don't know about Anthony. I've just introduced them as a friend." 

"But they are our parents Evie." Liam fought back. 

"I know but I don't want them to be worried." I spoke honestly. 

"Fine." Liam huffed. 

"I'll go and change." I said, feeling awkward and getting up and walking towards the stairs. Despite trying not to fall, I tripped over my dress and fell with a loud thud,"Oww!!"

"Evelyn?" I heard Zayn and the rest of the boys behind him. 

"Get up.." Zayn and Liam helped me up, holding my dress a little up.

"Thanks." I muttered, walking upstairs but stopped when I couldn't move forward. I turned around to find Zayn still holding on my dress and thinking something while Liam had already left it.

"Zayn?" I called, bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Leave her dress, man!" Louis spoke up for me.

"Oh yeah, sorry." Zayn blushed, leaving my dress and letting it fall on the ground. Smiling to myself, I opened the door of my room and quickly changed into something comfortable. I checked my phone, hoping for a message from Arianna but it wasn't there. Why didn't she message me when she didn't saw me taking up my prize? What's wrong with her?

I checked the calls section and to find two missed calls from Anthony. Sighing, I called his number because I wanted to clear everything.

"He-"

"Evelyn just tell me what the hell is going on between you and Nick?"

"Will you please listen to me? There's nothing going between us!"

"Oh really? I saw you two that day at the hospital too."

"What?" I frowned, remembering the day when me and Nick were at the hospital.

"You cheat and your bloody brother has the guts to beat me!" He gritted. 

"Don't even say a thing against my brother!" I warned him. 

"Oh I will." He challenged. 

"Anthony, whatever you wanna say just say it to me. Don't drag Liam in this matter." I pleaded. 

"Fine but You know what Evelyn? I'm just tired of you!" He sighed. 

"Then just leave me!" I blurted out.

"I will love to do that." He said,"But only on one condition?"The way he spoke that gave me chills and goosebumps. 

"W-What's the condition?" 

"You give me money every month." 

"What? How will I be able to give you money? I don't do a job!" 

"Evelyn, it's your problem, not mine. And if you didn't then you know what will happen."
Tears started forming in my eyes but I just held them back,"f-fine."

"Good, I'll inform you the amount. And have a happy life with your boyfriend Nick." 

"Please stop this nonsense okay. I'm telling you there's nothing going between us."
"Oh, you think that I'll believe you? In fact, nobody will believe you. Everybody knows how you take the advantage of being the Liam Payne's sister."

As soon as those words slipped from his mouth, I hung up the phone and let the tears fall down. I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm always being blamed for taking advantage of Liam but I never tended to do is. It was never intentionally. Nobody knows how much it hurts when someone accuses me for that. It feels like I've never had my own identity. And it's not my fault that Liam's my brother. I rather feel proud, for he's my brother. 

The knock on the door interrupted my thoughts and I quickly wiped my tears. I opened the door and found Zayn standing by the door. 

"Oh hey." I smiled, making way for him to come in. 

"Were you crying?" He asked, looking at my stained cheeks. 

"Uh, no." I shook my head. 

He didn't believe it but let it go,"Oh well, Liam sent me to call you downstairs." 

"Oh, I'm not in the mood." I replied honestly. 

"He has ordered pizza. Won't you come?" He smiled slightly, knowing the fact that I could neve say no to pizza. 

"He knows how to get me." I commented and Zayn chuckled.

"He surely does." Zayn grinned. 

"I'll be down in a few minutes." I replied and he nodded, walking out and closing the door behind him. 

​​​​​​​Zayn's pov:

After informing Evelyn, I walked down, smiling to myself. 

Louis, Harry and Niall were in the living room, chilling around while Liam was in the kitchen preparing plates. I plopped down on the couch besides Louis.
"Oh the lover boy is here." Louis winked. 

"huh?" I frowned. 

"You like her, don't you?" Niall whispered like a teenage girl. 

"Who are you talking about?" I chuckled nervously. 

"Evelyn, who else?" Harry answered. 

"Oh there's nothing like that." I denied. 

"Are you sure?" Louis smirked. 

They all kept staring at me like creeps. 

"Fine." I huffed, rolling my eyes,"I do like her but there's nothing more than that. And in case if you guys have forgot, she has a boyfriend." 

"Uh yeah." Niall nodded when Evelyn walked in and plopped besides Harry. Liam walked in the living room with plates and a water bottle in his hands. 

The doorbell rang and Liam ran to open the door. Few minutes later, he came back with three big boxes of pizza and placed it on the table.

He started serving some pizza and asked Evelyn,"Did you talk to Anthony?"
I looked at Evelyn to find her feeling uncomfortable. She cleared her throat,"Um well, we talked but it didn't work out."

"What do you mean?" Liam asked again.

"We broke up." Evelyn replied, looking down. We all looked at her with shock evident in our eyes. 

"What?" Liam gasped, going up to Evelyn and kneeled down,"I'm sorry. Is it because of me?"

"No, Liam." She smiled,"It just didn't work out, he wasn't ready to trust me but it's not your fault."

"Are you sure?" Liam asked, grasping Evelyn's hand.

"Yes.." She smiled and I could see her, holding back her tears. I genuinely felt very bad for her.
"You'll get someone very sweet. Don't worry." Harry smiled while Louis and Niall smirked at me.
I glared at them when Evelyn spoke up,"Cmon, let's eat. I'm very hungry."

"What type of a girl are you?" Liam chuckled, getting up,"I thought you would cry but look at you, you're hungry."

"Do you want me to cry?" Evelyn rolled her eyes.

"Hell no." Liam shook his head,"I like when you're happy."

Rest of the day we spent by eating pizza and watching some movies. Every now and then, I would look at Evelyn to make sure that she was enjoying. The day was pretty hard for her. 

A/N: ooofff!! Finally, she's free or maybe not. And this was such a long chapter!!
​​​​​​​I don't know whether the start is good or not, but yeah okay, I'm not a writer.