Chapter 326: Chapter 324 Embarrassed to Death [Update 4]
If there wasn’t anything important, she might not speak for days.
When he thought of Maya Spencer being startled awake from nightmares and anxiously searching the house for the child, Liam Spencer’s emotions were on the verge of crumbling. His hands instinctively clenched into fists as he tried to stabilize his emotions, only to find they were beyond his control, especially when it came to Maya Spencer’s matters.
At the desk, Sister Taylor looked at Liam Spencer’s embarrassed face, silently left without speaking, leaving him alone in the study to reflect on himself.
After Sister Taylor left, Liam Spencer finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He slowly closed his eyes and leaned his head against the chair. In his mind, surprisingly appeared the image of Maya Spencer lying in the bathtub, covered in blood. He couldn’t fathom how many times she had been on the edge of life and death like this.
After learning the truth, Liam Spencer didn’t even know how to face the girl downstairs. When he realized Maya Spencer had aborted the child simply because she went to the bar to find him and drank unknowingly while pregnant, Liam Spencer wished he could slap himself.
If he hadn’t acted foolishly back then, their child would be over two years old by now, able to play, chat, and sleep with him.
At this thought, Liam Spencer felt a lump in his throat, and his mind once again flashed the scene of Maya Spencer in the baby store. At that time, the smile on her face must have been genuine, even though she had thought about leaving him, and considered not wanting the child.
But Liam Spencer believed in his heart that Maya Spencer loved that child. She must have decided to give birth to him in the end, or she wouldn’t be suffering from depression.
Yet he only learned these truths three years later, after hating her for three years. Even when meeting at the restaurant, he assaulted her and said so many hurtful words. He had been blaming her for being ruthless, never realizing her love for the child was deeper than his.
He guessed that every time he brought up the child, Maya Spencer’s heart must have hurt intensely, bleeding internally!
Reflecting on the harsh words he had said to Maya Spencer, he remembered telling her to abort all she wanted. He hated himself, hated how he could be so unrestrained with words. He also understood why Maya Spencer disliked and despised him.
Under the duress of so much grievance and misunderstanding, she also had to endure his ridicule and bullying. If he were a woman, he wouldn’t like someone like himself either!
At this moment, Liam Spencer suddenly recalled what Lillian Morris said to him: she said Maya Spencer was actually very fragile. As long as you treat her well, she’ll definitely feel it.
Now he finally understood why Maya Spencer liked Lillian Morris, why Lillian Morris could give her a sense of security—because Lillian Morris didn’t threaten her, didn’t bully her.
Thinking about how he tied her up in the hotel, mercilessly bullied her, ignored her pleas and cries, until she passed out from exhaustion, his heart inexplicably ached, so painfully that he felt close to death, tears uncontrollably spilling from the corners of his eyes.
Memories of the past kept causing Liam Spencer to blame himself repeatedly, recognizing his excessive cruelty towards Maya Spencer, never considering her feelings.
Meanwhile, in the living room downstairs, although Maya Spencer’s heart was in chaos, she pretended to watch TV nonchalantly.
Watching Sister Taylor bustling around the living room, she wanted to inquire about Liam Spencer’s situation, but felt embarrassed to ask, swallowing back the words several times.
She wanted to see Liam Spencer in pain, thinking only then could the hardships she endured find some balance.
At 12 o’clock, Sister Taylor glanced at the restless Maya Spencer, nudged her leg and said, "Miss, it’s time for lunch. Go invite the third young master down!"
"I’m not going; he can eat if he wants, eat mine, drink mine, I didn’t even charge him for meals." Maya Spencer said indifferently.
"Maybe he’s upstairs rummaging through your things again! Are you sure you don’t want to go up and check?" Sister Taylor knowingly teased Maya Spencer, aware that Liam Spencer was in a bad mood, deliberately sending her up to witness the laughable scene.
Hearing this, Maya Spencer leisurely got up and walked towards the upstairs.
In front of the study, she entered without knocking. After all, this was her home, her study.
But to her surprise, she actually saw Liam Spencer crying. For a moment, Maya Spencer stood awkwardly at the door, neither walking away nor staying, thinking to herself, a big man, and especially this bastard, would actually shed tears.
She would rather be blind than see wrong, but Liam Spencer’s red eyes made it impossible for her to pretend she didn’t see.
Inside the study, Liam Spencer looked at Maya Spencer suddenly entering, feeling even more awkward. He immediately stood up from the chair, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, cleared his throat, and pretended to be calm, saying, "Got a little cold."
Listening to the man’s explanation, Maya Spencer chuckled indifferently, thinking, can’t he come up with a better excuse? What surprised her more was that even this twisted guy had feelings and could cry; that was shocking.
She believed if she had recorded the scene earlier and sent it to Christopher Scott, that guy would surely laugh uncontrollably.
By the floor-to-ceiling window, Liam Spencer was on the verge of irritation, hoping Maya Spencer would leave quickly, thinking she couldn’t have picked a worse time to come—during his emotional outburst, such a shameful moment.
He had never cried before; this was technically his first time shedding tears officially, and not just two or three drops.
He didn’t want this either, but after listening to Sister Taylor, then imagining some distressing scenes, his emotions became uncontrollable; after all, this kind of compassion and remorse couldn’t be calmed down just by drinking and venting anger.
Whenever he thought of Maya Spencer’s mad and frightened appearance, his emotions were uncontrollable, his tear glands unusually disobedient, as was now—feeling Maya Spencer standing behind him, inevitably recalling those poignant scenes, remembering her solitude and helplessness, unconsciously, he was choked up again.
He thought to himself, what the hell, usually so cold-hearted, yet somehow so sentimental, and especially in front of Maya Spencer, what a disgrace.
At the doorway, Maya Spencer watched the man’s flustered look, listening to him trying to control his breathing and adjust his mood; Maya Spencer felt amused again. Watching Liam Spencer’s discomfort brought her inexplicable joy, feeling refreshed and extraordinarily spirited.
But these feelings couldn’t be too obvious, in case she angered this bastard, she’d be the one to suffer.
So she held back her laughter and said, "Come down for lunch!"
"Hmm!" The man pretended to respond calmly, but his tone was clearly off; he hadn’t fully regained his composure yet.
Standing at the door, Maya Spencer was thoroughly dumbfounded, never expected the bastard’s emotions were so rich, that he struggled to pull himself together, not worried she would mock him?
Originally, Maya Spencer planned to turn and leave, but seeing Liam Spencer standing motionless by the floor-to-ceiling window, she frowned and walked towards the desk, drew a few tissues from the tissue box, and then walked over to Liam Spencer, handing them to him.