“Huh?” I ask at once, my heart resuming it’s wild beating. My toes curls in the heels.
“Pop… popstar!?” I rasp my voice faltering terribly. Ryan gives me a pitiful look and I face liam or … Sebastian, dang it!.
“Liam…. is that true” I voice out lowly. His eyes held different emotions, I didn’t need any confirmation, his eyes said it all. I gasp and place a palm over my mouth, holy molly!. I stare at him in disbelief.
“I’d tell you about it alright?” his tone was pleading as he placed his palm on my thigh, squeezing it gently. I blink my eyes rapidly and try not to freak out. What the heck!, how the fuck did that happen!, why weren’t they able to recognise him!. Why are they calling him Sebastian!. I shudder at the thought. I’ve been with a freaking popstar for months now!, oh gosh I think I’m gonna pass out.
I steady my breath and run a shaky hand through my hair. I bet my face has lost it’s color. I brought myself back to present and stare at the expensive car, how much would it cost?. A billion dollars maybe. I felt like I was in the air. Didn’t feel like I was riding in a car. Is this how wealthy people live?. I don’t belong here. I might just pass out.
In what seems like a thousand years, the car finally stops. I was able to know that when liam slides his palm into mine.
“You don’t have to freak out, the press wouldn’t be outside alright cos we are home already” He coos as he stares at me. I nod profusely just as the winged door opens upward. I and liam step out and if he hadn’t wrapped his arm around my waist, I’d fall face flat to the ground at the sight in front of me.
Is this a freaking mansion!. Who built this?, liam?, Liam’s dad or the whole of Spain?!. it’s ineffable, and everything about it screams money!. Three guys in black suits stay either side of us so we are between them. My throat is dry, I need water. This is all too much to bear, liam should have told me all this before now. Damn it liam you’re getting an earful from me. I feel like running back to Boston already!. I don’t think I belong here. We walk Into the large mansion and I’m forced to look around. Liam’s dad is stinky rich. I won’t be surprised if they demolish the building and it turns to money.
The guys were preventing me from seeing any further, so I focused on walking into the main mansion. The double doors was opened and we step in. The fresh scent of flowers hit my nose. I breathe in the scent just as the guys leaves us alone. My eyes stops on the figure in the middle of the expensively furnished living room. One look at her and I know she’s Liam’s mom. She’s tall and a red haired. Damn pretty and curvy, probably a model. She walks towards us shakily, and stops in front of liam. I move away, and stand next to Ryan to watch the drama.
“Sebastian!” She croaks out, voice choked with emotions. She looked Ill too and has got an american accent. She touched liam on the face and withdraw her palm. She trailed her gaze down his figure, probably wondering why he looks so different than when he was with her a year ago.
“It’s truly you Sebastian!.. you’re back” She rasped and the next thing she threw her arms around him and was sobbing loudly. Tears fill my eyes as I watch the little mother-son reunion. Liam hug her back, wrapping his arms protectively around her. She sobbed into his chest, not minding we were watching.
“I’m sorry mom” He says hoarsely and I wipe a tear that drops as I hear the pain in Liam’s voice. She withdraw after some time all teary eyed.
“What did you do to yourself Sebastian!, you’ve grown a lot of hair, it looks so unkempt!, you got your body tatted too!, what happened to your lean frame.. you’re now so muscular that I barely recognized my own son!” She falters as the sobs took over again. Ryan steps forward and pull her into a hug.
“Stop the fussing Rebecca, Sebastian is here now, he isn’t gonna leave you anymore…” Ryan pats her back and she sniffs and withdraw. She finally acknowledges my presence as her eyes stops on me. I stare at her pale blue eyes, she may not look like liam but she’s got the same blue orbs.
“You brought home a girl?” Rebecca smiles up at liam, or Sebastian damn this is crazy!. Liam pulls me close to him again.
“Mom… meet Emilia, she helped me a great deal, and I wouldn’t be here if not for her. Emilia, my mom” She widen her eyes before pulling me into a hug. I tense up for a moment, but relaxed after breathing in her Cologne and I find myself hugging back.
“Hi mom… liam has said so much about you…” I smile shyly as we withdraw. She arch her brows at me.
“He did… goodness I thought he forgot about me completely. Thanks so much for making him come home” She pull me into a hug again as she sniff. I have to admit I like her already. She’s so caring, no wonder liam loved her so much. I locked gaze with liam and scowl at him. My eyes passing the message. You have a lot of explanations to make liam!. I glare at him and roll my eyes.
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“Do you need anything else?” The two maids in black and white uniform asked. They had Spanish accent and I bet they were speaking English to me cos they knew I don’t understand Spanish. I shake my head sideways and smile.
“No thanks a lot” They smile back and bow lowly before walking out of the ensuite. Jeez!. I palm myself as they shut the door. I stood in the middle room and look around me. I was in Liam’s room, an ensuite. Rebecca couldn’t let him go and after we talked for a little while, I had excused myself cos I needed some alone time to think. She had ordered the maid to show me to Liam’s room and had dragged liam to God knows where. I bet they have a lot to catch up on. A year wasn’t a day. I haven’t seen Rose or sir Paige. Rebecca said he had left for an important meeting and I’m kinda happy, I can’t bear the thought of seeing those two just yet. Rose doesn’t live in the mansion I guess. Maybe she’s got her own huge mansion with a lot of expensive stuffs too.
I don’t know if I’d ever recover from the shock of discovering liam is a popstar. How the heck did he come about the name liam?. I stare at the glass walls and the huge blue drapes parted so it was revealing the sunny city. Gosh!. A section of the wall was with an inbuilt shelf and was filled with different golden coloured awards, all for liam I bet. I walked to the huge bed and run my hands on the white comforter… damn so soft!, I don’t mind staying in this room forever. My eyes stop on the pictures on the wall and I walk towards it. I stop in my tracks as I stared wide eyed at Liam’s pictures displayed everywhere.
He looks like liam, but so different. Sebastian Paige on the photograph was tall and had a lean frame. No muscular arms or tattoos. His hair was short and jet black and had a neat line of beard running down his chin. He looks boyish here. No piercing in his ears too. I tear my gaze away from it and stare at another one.
It was taken while he was performing on stage. I stare at the stage lights shining on him and the way he was dressed as he clutched the mic stand. I suddenly shudder inwardly. Liam is a popstar, the one dream I’ve been wishing to fulfill. He had this sort of life and left it to live the life of a commoner!. I run my hands down my hair. Now I know why people weren’t able to recognize liam. He looks so different, entirely different. They may need to move close to him to recognise him. And none had really done that. I couldn’t have recognized him. I was just this boring nerdy girl back then. Didn’t know a thing about celebrities. Besides I sandy and Becky weren’t really a fan of Spanish music. I feast my eyes on the rest pictures and dilate my eyes at the last one.
A picture of a liam and a girl. I move closer and stared right at the picture. I stare at her blonde hair curly and bouncy. Her tall figure and her smiling eyes. Liam’s girlfriend… maybe. what happened to her. I could recall seeing a gold chain with the name Jane amongst liam stuffs. Could she be the same person. Then who is Rose to liam?. Gosh my head feels like they’d burst from too much thinking. I walk to a table against the wall. Note books were piled neatly on it. I flipped through it and they were song lyrics, just like the one I found in his stuffs that night. It all makes sense now. I drop the book back on the table as the door opens and a maid walk in with tray of food.
“Food ma’am” She smile and bow slightly…. gosh not again.
“Umm, thanks ” I smile as she drops it and bow slightly before walking out. I walk to the bed and sank down on it. Soft as clouds. I uncover the tray of food and my mouth watered at the food. Jeez I’m starving. I grab a fork and begin to eat. So delicious!, This kind of life is freaking cool!. Who’d ever believe a total nerd would be in the house of a popstar and eating a meal meant for the rich. Damn how would sandy and Becky take this news?!. Probably shatter my eardrums from screams. I chuckle lowly, I miss them a great deal.
I eat up and gulp down the glass of wine. I smack my lips and wipe my mouth with a napkin. Gosh!, is this how a celebrity eat!. These sort of food could make one skin fresh within a second. I could feel my tummy singing for joy. I grab the tray and stand. I’d just go drop this myself. I’d barely moved to the door when the door creaks open and liam steps in. My earlier resolve to give him an earful dissipates when I stare at him. My heart flutters and I suddenly find my self staring down at the tray.
I was seeing him in a different light now. Not as liam Paige a criminal, but as Sebastian Paige… a popstar. Life and its little surprises!.
“Hey… what are you gonna do with those?” He jab his thumb at the tray and I purse my lips.
“Uhhh… just wanna drop these in the kitchen” He chuckles and stalk closer to me. I avoid his gaze, feeling like a high school girl who was going on her first date.
“Come on small ass… we aren’t in Boston, things are sure gonna change” He takes the tray from me just as maid walks in after knocking. She gasp on seeing him with the tray. She hastily take it away from him and bow.
“I’m sorry master seb… I should have been a little quick” She bows again. Huh?, sorry that liam held the tray. What the heck!.
“Its alright you can go now” He tells her and she leaves in a hurry. I blew out a breath and run my hand down my hair.
He turns to face me again. A smile tug at his lips and he tilts my chin to meet his smiling eyes.
“Thanks…” He mutter. I blink my eyes. I feel his hand on my butt and I bit my lips.
“Thanks for everything…. you changed me greatly Emilia, thanks so much” I part my lips open to talk but he shuts me off with a kiss. Heat travels up my spine as I thread my fingers in his soft hair, titling my head and welcoming his warm tongue. I couldn’t hold back the soft gasp that escapes my mouth as he sucked gently on my lip. I don’t wanna pull away, but he’s got so much to say, his identity and everything else. I muster up the little courage I had and pull away. I ran my tongue across my lower lip and turn away from him.
“You kept all these from me liam… why?” I say and walk to a vase full of freshly plucked flowers. I hear him puff out a breath. I turn to face him.
“You promised you’d tell me didn’t you?” I fold my arms and stare at him.
“I did small ass, and I’m sure gonna do that, let’s just get settled first alright?” He ambles towards me and stop inches away. I shook my head and brush past him.
“I left everything I had behind cos I’m crazy about you. We shouldn’t be keeping secrets liam!” I say defiantly. I move to the large picture with liam and the girl. I fold my arms and furrow my brows, they looked perfect together and I can help but feel jealous. I tilt my head to his direction.
“And I want you to start with the girl in this picture frame” i jab my thumb at it.
“Who’s she?” My gaze sort his and I watch his face go dark.