Bad liar

Bill stopped his car in front of the Rodriguez family's house.

He glances at Steffi who is pensive, making him sad and sorry that maybe she's still thinking about Liam.

"You can't go on like this," he said.

Steffi lowered her head. "I can't stop remembering his sad and disappointed face ... I know he's evil but maybe all of this is true because I don't understand his feelings as a normal man. If I didn't keep refusing his requests, maybe he wouldn't be tempted by Gea," she said.

"So you think you better leave your principal to him to keep him with you?" Bill asked. "That means you will forget your mission to give something special on the first night to the person who becomes your husband. if your husband is him, then it doesn't matter if you don't give a different first night... Because maybe you two will get used to making love... .but if your husband is another man or maybe me, that means you will feel guilty because you did not give yourself something special because you have already given yourself to someone who has not become your husband."

Steffi remained silent.

Bill reached out his hand to stroke Steffi's head and said, "Never regret your principles. If you think that is a good thing, and I know it is. And I beg you to stop blaming yourself for what happened to Liam….he was trapped because of his carelessness, it was the right punishment for him because he dared to have fun behind your back with your best friends… It was an outrageous thing. He is heartless….stop regretting hurting a heartless man, he deserved all of that!"

Steffi nodded, feeling understood by Bill's words.

Bill smiled warmly. "You are a sweet and holy girl. I or another man will be very lucky if it becomes your choice," he said.

Steffi turned to Bill who was so handsome and always advised her, was there for her at the right time when she lost her support. she doesn't understand why such a perfect man would want her when there are probably many girls who are more attractive than her who are more suitable to be with him.

"Did you expect me?" she asked spontaneously. "I mean... You know I'm still haunted by my ex, Aren't you scared if I just use you as an escape?"

Bill shrugged his shoulders. ."I just love you, all that's on my mind is I want to marry you and then make you happy... I don't care How you feel or How your past is... I just want to do my best."

Steffi smiled slightly. "I still have trust issues….I can't trust you right away."

"It's Okay... I know you won't trust me easily after what your ex did... I know." Bill nodded his head. "I just want you to give me a chance to make you comfortable... That's all..if you can return my feelings to you, maybe it's a bonus of my patience."

"I know you brag!" said Steffi, refusing to be tempted. She quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and got out.

Bill sighed, trying to stay patient even though Steffi still couldn't believe his sincerity. The man who was wearing a white shirt and blue shirt and white pants immediately got out of the car and followed the girl into the house.

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upon arrival at the house to be precise in the living room, Steffi was surprised by the presence of her older brother, Steve whom she knew was in Canada.

"Steve!"

Steffi immediately hugged Steve tightly, then let go and looked up at him because she was much shorter.

"Since when did you come home and why didn't you tell me?"

Steve smiled warmly, then pinched Steffi's cheeks. "I just wanted to surprise my sweet sister!"

Steffi pouted. "You should have told me so I could pick you up at the airport!"

"It's okay..." Steve smiled warmly, looking so handsome in a gray suit and black jacket. His gaze shifted to Bill who had just entered. "Who's he?"

"He's Bill, your sister's boyfriend," Grace said while welcoming Bill's arrival.

Steffi paused, feeling uncomfortable now. the girl didn't want her brother to interrogate her now, while her heart was restless.

"Steffi?" Steve looked at Steffi.

"Uh, maybe we can talk later. I want to take a shower now," said Steffi, immediately leaving the living room.

Steffi walked hastily, across the living room to the stairs leading to the top floor where her room is.

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Elsewhere, to be precise in Gea's apartment with monochrome nuances, Liam was silent on the white couch with a blank stare, still imagining when Steffi admitted that she had a relationship with another man. He didn't think his ex-girlfriend could forget him so easily when he inevitably had to marry Gea.

"Why are you so gloomy?" asked Gea, sitting beside Liam.

"It turns out she was already in a relationship with another man," Liam answered blankly, thinking of the moments when he was still Steffi's boyfriend. "This is too soon for me...I was wrong, but I haven't had time to explain our relationship, she has accepted another man. It's like she doesn't love me... Her love for me isn't deep."

"Maybe she's like that because he's disappointed," Gea said with a look of displeasure. "Moreover ... why are you regretting what she did now? Isn't it positive that you have to marry me? What do you expect from her?"

Liam immediately glanced at Gea, feeling irritated and fed up but he couldn't avoid it. "This is all because of you!"

"Why are you blaming me?" Gea asked, standing up. "All this time you always meet me, ask me to make love because you can't do it with Steffi... I'm also reluctant to accept you, but I'm a normal girl, I'm just human. I'm tempted moreover you often praise me, seduce me ... and now I'm pregnant, but you blame me ...."

Liam was silent, turning his head away.

"I also really don't like the situation... I don't like getting pregnant with my friend's boyfriend!" said Gea angrily, she walked away from Liam, then looked at him again. "You think I'm happy now? No, not at all! Eventually, my friends left me because they thought I was a traitor... I'm alone now, and it's all because of you...if you had never seduced me, neither would I have been tempted and given me to you to become pregnant. All your fault!"

Liam kept silent by clenching his fingers, and tightening his jaw as if holding back emotion.

"Okay. If you don't want to be responsible, I'd better abort this baby!" said Gea, pointing to her stomach, then immediately walked towards the kitchen.

"Gea!"

Liam immediately followed Gea in a hurry.

Arriving at the kitchen, Gea immediately opened a cupboard where there was a large stock of alcoholic beverages. She took one of the yellowish ones, then opened it, and was about to drink it.

"Don't be crazy!"

Liam snatched the drink and then threw it on the floor.

Prackk

"Liam!" shouted Gea, breathless, looking at Liam who was looking at her with a sharp gaze.

"You can't do this!" Liam exclaimed furiously.

"I have the right to do so!"

"No!"

"I'll do it. It's useless for me to keep it if you don't accept it!" said Gea, about to take another bottle from the cupboard but Liam prevented it by pulling and gripping her hand.

"Stop....don't do that!" Liam exclaims, then takes a deep breath, trying to calm his emotions. "Don't kill my baby... it is completely innocent... Please..."

"But you don't want it," whispered Gea, her eyes filled with tears. "I can't keep it up without your support as a father. I can't!" she continued in frustration.

"I will support you, I will be there for you... Calm down..." Liam pulled Gea in his arms, trying to calm her down. He rubbed the back of the girl's head, feeling sorry for her being shunned by her friends and despised by her family, all because he seduced her.

"I'm tired... I'm broken, everyone hates me!" said Gea in tears.

"No, not all hate you..."

"Maybe you even hate me... Maybe you think that I'm doing this on purpose to get you," Gea said as she let go of Liam's embrace, then looked at him sadly. "I don't want to be like this...I also feel guilty for hurting Steffi... I feel so broken right now. And I'm sorry that I asked my family to demand responsibility from you… It's because I thought that only you might care about me… But…"

"I care about you," Liam said before Gea finished her sentence. He wiped away the girl's tears and said, "Don't feel alone, I will always be there for you. .maybe our beginning together was not based on love, but maybe this incident is a sign that we are destined to be together."

Gea was silent, not expecting Liam to say that.

"Now I will focus on you… I will forget her because she has also chosen another man….we can be happy, we have to show that we can be happy!" Liam emphasized.

"Did I hear right?" asked Gea.

"No," Liam replies, shaking his head. ."Now I understand that there is no point in me expecting someone else while you are pregnant with my child," he continued stoically.

"Really?"

Liam just nodded.

Gea immediately hugged Liam enthusiastically.

Liam paused, returning the hug blandly. .'Maybe I have to learn to accept it... All of this is because of Steffi's selfishness,' he thought weakly.

'After we got married, I had to fake a miscarriage. There's no way I can keep pretending to be pregnant….if it is known that my belly is not enlarged, he will suspect,' thought Gea, smiling slyly. 'I bet he wouldn't let me go when he married me... I got him now, I did!' she continued, cheering inwardly.

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