73 73. Awkward...
Lara and Liam snapped out of their world the moment they heard Maria.
Lara immediately stood up and straightened her dress.
"Yup, I am okay… I just dropped my phone…", Lara replied while bending over and picking her phone up from the floor.
"Oh… Okay…", Maria replied from the top. Though she didn't feel very convinced, she was least interested in going down to make sure everything was alright.
She dragged Miles with her and joined the rest in the living room.
Now all that was heard was the breathing of two people.
The atmosphere in the basement turned extremely awkward.
Both of them had only one thought worrying them. Was their heart beat audible to the other person, because they felt that their hearts were beating in an abnormal rate.
Lara couldn't believe that her heart could beat the way it was beating now… As if she just finished running a ten-mile marathon.
She could feel her cheeks burn on remembering the close proximity she was in with Liam a few moments ago. A sensation that was alien to her body and mind.
She felt a weird feeling in her heart… A sudden feeling of need… But it was for such a small fraction of time that she wasn't sure if what she felt was true or something she just imagined.
But she was not the only one who was going through this.
Liam was really glad that there was a power failure, otherwise, she would have seen how red his ears were at the moment.
That feeling he felt while he held her in her arms was something he couldn't forget… To never let go of her… No matter what happened…
While he was staring at her face a moment ago, his eyes subconsciously landed on her pink lips… He couldn't help but remember the day that he had accidentally kissed her in the office…
He would never be able to forget how soft her lips felt… And how they tasted like the sweetest honey that he had ever tasted in his entire existence…
He couldn't deny that he really felt like to kiss her lips again… He felt that insatiable need from within, that wanted him to kiss her right there.
He felt extremely embarrassed about the things he was thinking right now… Since when did he become so perverted... He seemed to have never realized when he started to think about women.
Being a man who never felt anything towards any other woman, this feeling really riled up his inner desires that he had suppressed using his cold demeanor….
While Liam's thought process was touching various different topics at the same time, he didn't realize that he had been staring at Lara.
Lara couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable under his gaze… She didn't feel uncomfortable because she hated it, but more because his stare was making her feel things that she had never felt before…
And most importantly, she couldn't figure out what it meant and hence, found it quite unacceptable…
"Ahem… *Cough*", she cleared her throat awkwardly. Liam quickly broke out of his thoughts and finally realized that he had been staring at her. An apologetic and embarrassed look flashed on his face.
Seeing that he stopped staring at her Lara quickly turned around and continued looking around for the games. She tried to force herself to get busy to avoid thinking of the position that they were just in.
Liam cursed in his heart thinking about how uncomfortable Lara looked under his stare.
'Oh god Liam!!! What will she think of you now??'
Rustle. Clink. Clutter.
He couldn't help but look towards the direction where Lara was on hearing the noises her movements were making.
Lara placed her phone in such a way that it pointed right at the heap of things she was looking through. And then she continued her search.
Even though it was only for a brief moment, Liam could see Lara's red cheeks due to the light. He could feel that indescribable feeling rise from within, again.
"Found it!!", Lara exclaimed, bringing Liam back to earth. She picked up a box from the corner and walked past Liam.
Thud.
She placed it on the table which was in the center of the basement with a thud. Liam walked over and stood next to her quietly.
"Finally", she sighed in exasperation while proceeding to open the box. She would have never imagined in her wildest of the wildest dreams that searching for a box of games in the dark could lead to such awkward situations.
The box was covered in a lot of dust and the moment she opened it, she started sneezing.
"Achoo… Aaah-", she stumbled back accidentally while sneezing. But then she was suddenly blocked by something that was sturdy from behind.
Her first guess was that she had hit her back on a wall. Then she remembered something.
'There was no wall in the middle of the basement, right?? Then what is-'
Her train of thoughts came to a halt when she realized something. Her body wasn't leaning against a wall, she was leaning against Liam's chest.
Liam was about to stop her when he saw her open the box that was covered and dust, but before he knew it, she had already started sneezing.
When he saw her stumble backwards, he quickly went and stood behind her and saved her from hitting the floor for the second time.
When Lara realized what was going on, with a swift reflex action she jumped away from him. She was about to apologize, but before she could do so she felt the urge to sneeze again.
But she didn't. She frowned and rubbed her nose with a pout. Ugh... That extremely infuriating feeling that you get when you want to sneeze but you can't….
Unbeknownst to her, someone found her actions to be very adorable. Her nose had turned a little red from sneezing. This, coupled with her cute actions and red cheeks made her look like an extremely cute kitten in Liam's eyes.
He couldn't help but smile a bit.
Lara was done with the number of embarrassing situations she was getting into in just one day and so, she quickly picked up the games and walked towards the stairs without speaking anything.
Liam just followed her quietly, with a small smile on his face. His girl was way too adorable…
The rest of the night, Lara didn't talk to Liam much out of the fear of getting into another blush-making situation again. Those awkward moments were just too much for her little heart to handle.
Though the others found it a bit odd, but no one bothered to ask. The rest of the night went away in them playing, chatting and drinking.
The next morning, everyone rushed out of Lara's house after a coffee to quickly get dressed and rush to the office to start another stressful week.
The news about Liam attending the get together had spread like wildfire in the entire office and people couldn't help but feel envious towards those who could attend the gathering.
[ Your dearest and most outstanding author: Sorry Lara dear, I put you in a lot of awkward positions today… Though I wouldn't mind reducing such moments, Liam and my lovely readers may choke me to death for not writing such scenes… So… Brace yourself, for it has just begun…. There are going to be many more moments in the future when your little heart would be running a marathon and your urge to kill me for writing such scenes will also increase (But don't kill me yet. I am positive that you will love the final outcome)… Soo…
Till then,
Your Dearest and the Most Magnificent Author in the World.]
This is the longest chapter that I have ever written
