Maya’s back suddenly stiffened.
As soon as the person finished speaking, several pairs of eyes immediately focused on her, with a scrutinizing gaze.
The next second, those gazes were intercepted by a tall figure.
Liam stood in front of her, smiling as he met those gazes. “You’ve been watching us the whole time, is there some- thing you need?”
He was clearly smiling, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, which sent a chill down the spine for no reason.
Those people were calling Liam a sickly person behind his back, but when they really confronted him, they were so scared that they couldn’t say a word, and they all averted their eyes.
After they left, Maya felt a warmth on her back.
Liam lightly patted her on the back and reassured her in a low voice, “It’s okay, I’m here.”
For some reason, the brief unease just now dissipated under the influence of this sentence.
Maya’s heart warmed, and she quietly responded with a “good.”
Liam seemed to be born for this kind of place, effortlessly handling the guests while holding a glass of wine.
Although everyone called him a sickly person in private, as the youngest leader of the Sullivan Group, no one dared to underestimate his strength.
Maya stood in the corner, quietly watching him chatting and laughing among them.
A few more whispers reached her ears.
“I remembered, she was the girl who used to follow the young master of the New York merchants. I didn’t expect her to move so fast, Owen had just dumped her, and she quickly hooked up with Liam.”
“Although Liam was not in good health, after all, he was the eldest son of the Sullivan family. How could anyone in their right mind be interested in her? If he were to find someone, it should be someone from a matching background!”
“Yeah, look, the daughter of the Osborne family went to find Liam. I heard she has had a crush on Liam for many years, she doesn’t even care about his poor health, they are still a perfect match!”
Maya’s fingertips tightened around the stem of the tall glass as she saw a girl in a luxurious evening gown walk up to Liam, her eyes filled with shyness and timidity.
The two stood together, indeed as they had said, a pleasing sight.
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Maya hesitated for a moment, then quickly looked away, wondering what she should do as a substitute at this mo-
ment.
As her thoughts swirled, she suddenly felt a chill in the palm of her hand, realizing that a velvet box had appeared in her hand at some point.
Just a moment ago, Liam was still in the middle of the crowd, but now he was standing in front of her, with only her in his eyes.
“Open and take a look.”
As she opened the box, the moment the broken diamonds refracted light made her squint – inside lay a lake blue neck- lace that matched her skirt.
The moment Maya saw the necklace, she suddenly remembered Liam saying her neck looked a bit empty before en- tering.
She was silent for a few seconds. “When did you…”
It seemed like Liam guessed what Maya wanted to ask, so he answered first: “I had the assistant buy it just now.”
“I’ll help you put it on, he said.”
Maya nodded as Liam’s fingertips brushed against the back of her neck, and she heard a suppressed sigh escape from his throat.
Very light, yet very real.
When she turned around to catch him, she saw Liam had already returned to the crowd with a glass of wine in hand, as if nothing had happened just now.
Maya became more convinced the more she thought about it, she wouldn’t hear it wrong.
What was he suppressing after all?
She looked at Liam from a distance, her confusion growing deeper.
When the banquet was over, Liam, who had drunk a lot, appeared completely sober, just like usual.
But when their eyes met, Maya couldn’t help but laugh.
He was not drunk, but clearly already completely drunk.
The assistant helped him walk over to Maya and said, “Ms. Heald, Mr. Sullivan has instructed that if he gets drunk, you should take him back.”
Drunk Liam couldn’t even walk steadily, he had to lean on Maya for support.
The weight of the grown man pressed down on her, and she struggled to get him back home.
After she had settled him down, Maya was about to leave when a strong arm like an iron clamp wrapped around her
waist.
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The next second, she was pulled into a chest reeking of alcohol.
“Mr. Sullivan!”
She wanted to struggle, but was held even tighter.
The other person’s body temperature burned through the thin clothing on her back, scorching her frighteningly.
“Don’t go.”
Liam spoke quietly, his voice tinged with a subtle vulnerability.
“Mr. Sullivan, you saw clearly who I was!”
Maya still wanted to push him away, but then she heard a sob coming from above her head.
“Mom, don’t leave me behind…”
The moonlight slanted in through the French windows, casting a reflection on him, drowning him in shadows.
The ruthless top executive in the business world, at this moment, was holding onto her tightly like a child.
It seemed as if he was afraid of losing her.
Maya suddenly remembered the rumors she had heard a few days ago about Liam’s complicated background.
She sighed helplessly, and in the end, stopped struggling and let him hold her.
It was not until she had finally put him to sleep that Maya pulled out her arms, which had long gone numb.
She had just turned around to leave when her attention was suddenly caught by a flash of blue on the table.
The booklet looked a bit old, but it had been well preserved by the owner.
As if guided by some unseen force, Maya stopped in her tracks and opened the book.
In the front page of the book, there was her photo tucked inside!
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