The chill air spilling out from Liam devoured the hall, turning summer into winter.
Nora’s heart thumped under her chest observing the man’s fury.
Why is he?
Then he heard everything she just said.
“Liam…I...”
“Rita was right, I arrange you in the same room with Lilly intentionally.
Liam interrupted her.
Nora knew, but still, it hurt her to hear the truth from Liam’s mouth.
She leaned on the crutch, asked bitterly. “You promised to forgive our family, Liam. Why are you still so cruel to me?”
“I did promise that. But I didn't say that I would forgive you.” Liam squinted, eyes filled with aggression. “ A Wilson always protects the people he cares. Nobody can hurt the people he cares.”
Whoever dared to so would regret.
And Nora broke Rita’s leg.
She had to pay her debt.
Putting her in the same dorm with Lilly was just to collect the interest.
His explanation shocked the two girls both.
For an instant, they both looked at Liam.
“Do you understand now?” Liam looked daggers at Nora.
That was another blade stabbing into her heart. She could hold back her tears no longer.
She now understood.
But she just never thought that Liam would be so grim to her.
“I take it as you have understood. Enjoy your college life then.” Chillingly, Liam said, and then took his leave with Rita in his arms.
Grabbing at her chest, Nora collapsed onto the ground as she watched Liam leave.
Something Rita once told her reverberated in her head now.
“You will suffer in the pain of not having what you love.”
She had to admit that she did it. Liam’s loathing plunged her in a greater misery than death could.
She lost completely in this game with Rita, she realized.
She could not retrieve the situation now, no matter she could accept it or not.
She crawled up to her feet after a while. Then she made a call. “Send me away from W City.”
It was only silence on the other side of the phone. The man was afraid of what the Wilson might do, Nora knew.
She repressed her sadness and sneered. “I’ll snitch you out if I go to jail. By then, what do you think that Liam is going to do to you?”
“I’ll see to it, wait for my call.”
Nora hung up the phone then
Meanwhile, outside the dormitory hall.
Rita wrenched herself off Liam and took a few steps aside. For an instant, distance resumed between them.
“I have class to attend.”
Rita said as she strode past Liam.
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