I tossed and turned all night in the unfamiliar bed .
The faces would not leave my dreams alone .
Those faces belonged to my father , from men I went to dates with and now there was Mira Palmer.
The woman with unnaturally high-pitch laughter and dyed pink hair. I saw her walking down a dark road with my husband at her side .
I followed them .
" Liam ? Liam ?," I called him again and again .
" I am here ."
This time he answered . His voice came from behind me ," I am here ."
I felt a light guiding me back to a home I did not remember. The familiar voice whisphered and consoled my fear .
" It is alright now , I am here ."
I gasped and opened my eyes. It felt like it had been an eternity since I was walking away somewhere.
But now that I was up , I found myself lying on the bed . It had just become morning.
My phone alarm rang loudly telling me it was already five in the morning - my dance routine should start in ten minutes from now on .
I looked around and found Liam sitting on a chair beside my bed , he had his head rested by my side .
" Liam ?," I called for him , brushing his hair ," What are you doing here ?"
He opened his eyes looking already tired of the day ," Are you awake now ?"
" Yeah ....how are you doing today ? ," I was worried that he , again had not gotten enough of sleep ," Why aren't you on your bed ?"
He hesitated for a while and then answered me ," I came to check up on your last night . You were sleepwalking again , so I stayed ....cause I did not know if you will wander off somewhere again."
" Ah ," I wanted to point it out that he could have just lied down with me but would the offer not work now ?
I mean , surely we had been fighting a lot but we shared bed and sofas for sleeping as naturally as one would breath , right ?
But asking him to sleep on my bed would make me look desparate to get him back right ?
As if I had not done more things that made me look desparate - like drunk calling him , sobbing and kissing him and such .
I got up from the bed . If I could leave for the studio in an hour then I would be able to avoid the traffic.
" Can you arrange a car for me ?," I asked him ," I am already running late ."
There was a thin smile on his lips ," You have a new album coming , right ?"
Well , nothing about my life could stay unknown to him . At this rate , he could become my professional stalker .
I ran to the attached bathroom to get a shower . When I was back , there was already a set of new clothes on my bed .
Liam's hair was dripping wet and he had his clothes changed . He was sipping tea on the chair while two men stood beside him with stacks of paper that probably needed to be signed.
He looked up at me and said ," I know that making you sit down and have a breakfast will turn into a disaster since you don't chew your food whenever you are hurrying like that . I had asked them to pack you some light lunch , and you will have them in the car ."
" Thanks ," I picked up a strawberry from the fruit bowl that was just brought in for Liam ," You know ....you could have slept in ."
He shook his head ," Today is the last day of shooting the drama , besides I have to attend a meeting with our producer and do a livestream in the house of my team mates ."
" Oh ," I looked at him with fake pity ," You really can't be at home today , then ."
He was too busy on the papers to notice my sarcasm.
I snapped my fingers to get the attention of the servants . Everyone but my husband looked at me .
" Lock the door , until I come back ," I told them ," Just serve him lunch and dinner and water ."
A room of people stared at me in confusion.
" It's also what the chairwoman wants ," I added
" What kind of nonsense are you saying ?," Liam laughed out ," Are you mad about something?"
I ignored him and told the servants," I will really hate it if you guys lose your job . The chairwoman is pretty strict about following instructions,right ?"
One of them was already calling the chief secretary of my mother-in-law.
" Yeah...Mrs. Julia is saying that Master Liam should be on a house arrest or something?," the servant sounded as confused as the rest of the room and then he put off the phone and bowed at me ," Yes , we will carry out your order ."
" Wait , is this a joke ?," Liam looked at me ," You can not seriously -"
" Have fun , there is nothing the son of chairwoman of Sunshine corporation can not get in his house , right ?," then I turned at the servants," If he feels suffocated , he can hang around in the gym and swimming pool but don't let him get to downstairs."
" This is absurd !," Liam snapped ," I don't care what kind of conversation you had with mother but you can not possibly lock me in my house ."
I picked up the fruit bowl and stomped it on the table so hard that I could see tiny cracks spreading at its base ," What absurd is what you have been doing. "
I sighed as he stared at me frozen from my anger. It was not like I could tear his hair like I would to my brother .
He needed to have good hair , blessed his career .
" Can we just talk ?," his voice was small .
" After I get back ," I told him ," If you go out before that I am burning down your favourite car ."
As I got out , I told the servants to change the fruit bowl .
I could not let Liam get hurt anymore.