Chapter 70

I told myself it was just an act of kindness, especially since Liam had recently helped me out. Besides, I needed to get information about the Wiley Corporation from him. Liam held me for about three or four minutes before letting go. He offered a smile, but it didn't reach his almond-shaped eyes. "You must think I'm pathetic, don't you?" he asked. I stayed silent, my lips pursed together. He sat down in the chair beside me, eyes fixed on the floor, and said in a self-deprecating tone, "Go ahead and laugh. I know I look ridiculous." Liam wasn't supposed to be like this. He used to be charming, amorous, arrogant, and overflowing with self-confidence. He had both the charisma and the means to back it up. He should have been a leopard prowling the grasslands, not the defeated creature he had become. I looked down at his bowed head and asked, "What happened?" "Do you want to hear about it?" Liam replied, lifting his gaze to meet mine. I met his eyes and nodded. The night was long,