The stalemate between the two lasted until midnight, still without resolution. Maya’s frustration grew increasingly stifled, increasingly uncomfortable, to the point where she even wanted to have a huge argunt with Liam, asking him what his intentions were.
But she was unwilling to start trouble, so with a "snap," she threw the book on the nightstand, and with a "whoosh," she slipped under the quilt to sleep.
Only after she got into the quilt, she couldn’t fall asleep at all. Instead, she beca more and more awake, increasingly agitated.
As ti went on into the night, her emotions changed from agitation and impatience to feeling aggrieved. Alone, she curled up into a ball in the corner of the big bed, secretly wiping tears, and even had the impulse to go ho.
She no longer wanted to stay in Liam’s villa. This inexplicable coldness was unbearable, and she didn’t want to accept it either.
If it were a few months ago, Maya wouldn’t have cared about Liam’s indifferent attitude. But they had clearly reconciled, had been good for so long, how could he suddenly ignore her? Isn’t this inexplicable?
At this mont, she finally could feel the extent of Ella’s grievances; at this mont, she was that kind of aggrieved.
In the study room, Liam saw the quilt curled up into a ball and knew that this little person hadn’t fallen asleep yet, and was feeling aggrieved.
Thinking about her crying alone under the quilt, Liam couldn’t bear it anymore. This was just how he was: no matter how angry he was, as soon as Maya’s eyes turned red, all his anger couldn’t hold up.
However, he didn’t realize that Maya felt aggrieved because she cared about him, liked him, that’s why she cared about him.
So, he took a deep breath and calmly said, "I saw Big Sister today."
Under the quilt, Maya listened to Liam’s explanation, her tears suddenly stopped, her eyes opened wide, pondering his words.
Given her understanding of Jane Spencer, even if the siblings argued today, Jane would not let it go; she would definitely say sothing to provoke her relationship with Liam.
However, the only thing that might make Liam unhappy was her secret admiration for Lillian Morris. Liam liked her so much, he would naturally mind this.
Thinking of this, Maya stopped feeling aggrieved, wiped her tears, kicked off the quilt, got out of bed barefoot, and quickly headed for the study in the bedroom, blinking her big eyes as she stood in front of the desk, pouting, looking very unhappy at Liam.
Liam looked at the girl’s sullen face, and instead of soothing her, he calmly said, "Put on your shoes."
Though Liam felt depressed, he still cared about Maya, afraid she might get sick again.
Maya listened to the man’s concern, took a deep breath, then walked around to Liam’s side, tugged at his arm, making him look at her.
At this mont, Liam put down the docunts in his hand, took a deep breath, looked straight ahead at Maya.
Maya looked at the man’s deep gaze, sat on top of him, cupping his handso face, and seriously said, "You’ve been misled by Big Sister."
Faced with Maya’s accusation, Liam didn’t deny it, he just said sowhat painfully, "Hm... I minded it."
Liam’s confession made Maya feel pained, thinking, if Liam had another girl in his heart, she would feel bad too!
She stared straight into Liam’s eyes, thinking about her feelings for him. If she didn’t like him, why would she care so much about his attitude towards her? If she didn’t like him, why would she think of him in her most helpless monts? Why would she feel pained when he wasn’t happy?
Maya realized she liked Liam; this feeling was different from her feelings for Lillian Morris. She had possessiveness towards Liam, expectations, wanting to spend a lifeti with him. Towards Lillian Morris, it was more gratitude.
So, she leaned forward and planted a kiss on his lips, saying, "Liam, I like you."
Maya’s sudden confession surprised Liam. He held his breath, looking at her in disbelief. He even doubted, doubted that she was just trying to make him happy.
Maya saw the man’s look of doubtful surprise, took a deep breath, and continued, "Liam, I like you; genuinely, not just to make you happy. I want to spend a lifeti with you, want you to belong to only ; when you’re unhappy, I’m sad too; I like ssing around with you, like when you smile at , like when you spoil ."
"Stop ignoring ; it’s so stifling, so uncomfortable. You’re making feel like everything is pointless. I even want to go ho."
As she spoke, Maya started feeling aggrieved again, her eyes turned red, her little mouth pouted unhappily, like a little victim.
However, Liam’s eyes lit up with a smile; the current Maya was too adorable, not just cold but also very candid. He liked this candid Maya.
Seeing Liam finally show a happy smile, Maya pouted her lips, raised her small hand, and lightly hit Liam’s shoulder, chirping, "You’re so annoying, such a big person, and still needing others to coax you, so childish."
Liam questioned, "So, your earlier words were just to make happy, to coax ?"
"No way, even the punctuation marks are true. You’re already as important as my mom in my heart." Maya kneaded his face, her mood instantly brightened.
Liam’s brow furrowed slightly at the ntion of mom, but he imdiately returned to normal, then spread his arms to pull Maya close, tightly hugging her.
Her petite body hugged within, making him feel particularly at ease.
Maya felt the man’s warmth, her arms around his neck, her little face pressed closely against his, feeling his temperature.
Thus embraced, they enjoyed the solace brought by each other, not involving more intimacy, only dependence on each other.
After a mont, Liam sighed deeply and calmly said, "Maya, I’ve filed a lawsuit against Big Sister, the court session is next Wednesday."
Although Liam was calm when ntioning the lawsuit, Maya still detected a trace of helplessness in his words. After all, Jane Spencer was his biological sister; he couldn’t act indifferently. He must have been anguished to make this decision, and surely had lost extre hope in Sister Jane Spencer.
For a mont, Maya didn’t know how to comfort Liam, so she just hugged him tighter, gently patting his back and cautiously said, "Brother, you still have ."
"Mm-hmm, I still have Maya." Liam kissed her little cheek, feeling a strange calmness, though there remained a trace of helplessness, his mood had improved compared to earlier.
...
Six days later, at S City People’s Court, Liam, Maya, and others sat in the audience seats. Jane Spencer stood expressionless in the defendant’s area; her indifference seed to suggest that law couldn’t do anything with her since she hadn’t left any evidence anyway.
After the judge opened the session, his gaze fell on Jane Spencer and asked, "Jane Spencer, regarding the Ethan Turner car accident case, the victim’s family filed a lawsuit against you, accusing you of allegedly hiring soone to commit murder. Do you have any explanation to offer?"
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