Safe Zone

Liam was still in a shocked state and yet Lana made that another shameless move, leaving him extremely tormented. He tried to control the beast within him lest it breaks all the barriers and pounce on Lana to gobble her up completely. 

He only breathed when Lana finally let his lips go and nestled her head on the side of his neck.

"Miley told me about your first love and heartbreak but I don't have the courage to ask her if your first love was a male or a female? It must be a male, right Liam? Yes, it should be, because I really hope you are a gay Liam." 

Lana extended her one arm and held him by his waist and snuggled closer to him, embracing him, getting in a comfortable position. 

She then continued, "I hope this because if I found out that you are a straight man then I won't be comfortable with you as I am now. You might not know this, but I despise, detest, hate all men who lust for women and take advantage of them. I know somewhere I have come too far in my hatred and have weighed every man on the same scale, but because of so many of my life's experiences, I can't ever trust any man for being in a relationship now and I'm not comfortable being in close proximity with any of them…" Lana mumbled, pouring her heart out… unknowingly… sighing and breathing deeply, making Liam go crazy with her warm breath on his neck.

Lana snuggled her body in his arms and tried to find a more comfortable position for her lazy body in his embrace. She liked the feeling of his warmth. Liam could not respond to that but only stared at the ceiling. He was in deep thought for a few dozen seconds.

"How about Clyde," he asked in his hoarse and deep voice, out of curiosity. Liam heard Lana chuckled and said, "Clyde… he is also a homo. I have been teasing him about you, but he always insists that you're a straight guy."

Lana was starting to feel dizzy again. That whole time, she felt and thought she was in a dream and was having this bout of question-and-answer with Liam in that dream.

"What would you do Lana, if you find out I'm actually a straight guy?" Lana heard Liam say. 

"Then we'll have to stop pretending to be in a relationship and I would be forced to leave your firm. You will then sue me and I will have to apply in some other firm for an internship. I'm considering checking out other firms and I hope the Yao Law firm will have vacancies… I heard they are accepting capable interns." Lana sluggishly answered before her breathing became heavy.

"I can't stay and tend to leave, if I feel uncomfortable with people or places…" Lana added almost a hush as she dozed off to sleep.

Liam's face darkened while he moved into a comfortable position and embraced Lana bringing her closer to himself. Her scent was making him feel at ease and he didn't want to let her go, even if she was reeking of alcohol.

Her lips tasted sweet and her delicate body against his completely intoxicating, such was her effect that his body was asking for more skin to skin contact. He could not stop himself and quenched his thirst by stealing another kiss from her lips while she was sleeping deeply already.

For some unknown reason, he did not want Lana to leave him at that point. His father adored her, his whole family liked her for that matter.

He couldn't deny the fact that he himself was very much attracted to her and always liked to be near Lana, though he still wanted to keep a little distance and stay in the safe zone. Lana was someone very perfect to be his partner at this point of time. Someone who didn't like the idea of being in a relationship would not act as a clingy partner in the future.

'What if she really leaves if she found out I'm a straight guy?' Liam mused.

In the short time that he had known her, he could tell that Lana was the kind of person who would walk the talk.

"It looks like I will have to play a little dumb and smartly escape her tricky questions for her to stay by my side and keep the show on?" he whispered, looking sternly at Lana's peaceful face. He definitely did not want Lana to get out of his grasp and that was a fact.

'What kind of situation you have gotten into Liam, on one side are the lot of women who want to crawl into your bed, and on the other side is this woman Lana… so close to me yet wants to do nothing with me. What are you going to do now, Liam?' his inner self asked him.