The Handsome CEO Is Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Chapter 3

"But the news said," Veronica started once again not knowing what to think. "Even the doctor said about an accident with a boat."

"They can only say what the police believe so far. I know you better than all of them and I am trying to protect you so please, go inside," Liam urged her.

Veronica looked at the door she did not recognise. 'He is keeping secrets from .'

Why else would he silence Edna? What did he or anyone not want her to know?

First, it was the ring and now her husband was hiding sothing from her. If it wasn't a boating accident, Veronica didn't know who to trust. Who wanted to harm her?

Having nowhere else to go when all she knew of was everyone she saw in the hospital, Veronica entered the large ho.

'He has to leave at so point,' she thought to herself. Then it would just be her and Edna to know what Liam wanted to hide from her.

Veronica didn't know where she was ant to go but she walked inside, looking around at the decor trying to find sothing she rembered. She was relieved to see a television.

Veronica hurried to the remote on the small table and pressed the on button for the television to work but the black screen only showed her reflection. "Why isn't the tv working? The power is on," she said, feeling a chill from the air conditioning.

Liam ca to her side to take the remote from her hands. "You don't need to see anything on TV right now. You need to rest. You've woken up but you aren't fully healed yet. Go to bed."

Veronica stepped away from Liam. "I have rested enough. Have soone turn it on or I will find a way to do it myself. What are you trying to hide from ?"

Liam tried to be patient with Veronica since he understood her position. She woke up not having a single clue about the people around her. He wanted to embrace her and tell her all that he knew but he didn't want to overwhelm her when she was still in a delicate state.

Would she believe him that her family was no good?

Veronica backed away from Liam. She inspected the ho, trying to find a bedroom to hide in.

Liam broke the remote so Veronica could not use it again but even if she were to try turning it on so other way, she would not be successful.

"Why would you do that? Do you want to keep

here as a prisoner?" Veronica yelled, regretting her decision to co with him.

She might have been safer if she stayed in the hospital or asked for money to find a room elsewhere.

"You will not be given access to the internet and when you walk around, you will have a bodyguard with you. We will discuss letting you leave the property another day. Edna!" Liam called for the small middle-aged woman.

"I do not want to be here. You are not different from the others," Veronica said, making a beeline toward the door she ca in.

Liam moved to grab her before she could do sothing reckless. "Veronica!" He yelled, gripping her shoulders. "Stop it."

"I will stop when you tell

the truth and stop trying to hide the past from ," Veronica replied.

It was frustrating that Liam wanted her to just go along with him trying to keep her here.

"You not long ago said that this wasn't an accident but you suck at doing a good job to make

trust you. I want to be sowhere else. Sowhere alone," Veronica demanded.

"I apologise for breaking the remote. My anger got the best of

but you are not going anywhere. Until you have so mory of how you got in that water to have almost drowned you will not leave my care. I am doing my best to protect you. You have just forgotten ," said Liam.

His patience was thin but he made the mistake of snapping before Veronica. When his wife had all the answers and wasn't the sa woman he knew after days of waiting, he didn't know how to react.

"Mr. Sterling," Edna said, unintentionally disturbing the talk.

"Show my wife to her room. No calls must be taken for her and no one will be allowed inside without my permission-"

"You are making

feel like I am a prisoner," Veronica said, not liking the rules placed. "If you tell

what you are trying to protect or hide

from then maybe I would comply."

"I cannot tell you now. There isn't any internet for you to use with your laptop and your phone is still missing. I hope the mories on your laptop will help you to trust . You went through a traumatic event I knew was not an accident. There are so things I cannot throw on you right away," said Liam.

How would she take that her family liked to use her for her money and were disowning her when she cut them off? While she lay unconscious in a hospital room they were going to lawyers trying to figure out ways to grab ahold of her belongings.

Liam was advised to take this slow but with all the wild stories on the news and the people around Veronica he could not trust, he had to be like this.

"Tell

the truth about our marriage. Were we happy?" Veronica asked as Beth's words were stuck in her head. What did her cousin get from ntioning affairs?

"We were a good couple. Happy and private. I want your mories to co back as quickly as you want them back. I want my wife," Liam said, desperately holding on for the mont she would rember him. "I am trying to protect you."

"You are caging

in here. Fine," Veronica said, deciding to play his ga for now. If she worked hard, she could find secrets little by little.

"I will be in my office if you need ," Liam said, turning around to leave.

Veronica watched him leave first with the man who drove their car from the hospital following Liam.

"It feels too early to have you walking around. Just yesterday there were reports that you wouldn't make it. Oh!" Edna gasped, quickly regretting the speaking.

Veronica turned to Edna, the only one who might slip up to tell her what she was missing. "He is not here. What was our marriage like to you? Were there affairs?"

Edna glanced where Liam walked. She couldn't see him but it didn't an there wasn't soone watching her. "You had a good marriage to Mr. Sterling. You loved him. I should show you the room upstairs."

"You are doing the sa thing as the others," Veronica muttered.

Edna couldn't understand Veronica since she mumbled her words. "What did you say, Mrs. Sterling?"

"You are smiling like the others when they tell

lies. I just want the truth. What was our marriage like?" Veronica repeated.

Edna needed Liam to co to handle this matter. The couple were always in love but she had noticed Veronica acted suspicious of her husband for a few weeks. Was she to ntion how she saw Veronica petrified after going through her husband's phone?

"Your marriage was good," Edna replied. She needed Veronica to one day forgive her for keeping this secret and all the others.