The Girl In The Dirty Shirt Liam Version

Chapter 102

I sat looking at him; I hadn't expected him to be so blunt.

"Why do you think I'm here?"

"Why don't you tell me Lyla?"

"I told you, I miss you, Liam"

"I haven't heard from you in over a month"

"Did you want to?" I asked looking up at him from under my eyelashes.

"After all the shite y'gave me about cheatin' an' leaving if I did; you're such a fuckin' hypocrite"

"I didn't come here to blame you"

"Then what did y'come here for?"

"To apologize"

"Y'think that's all it's gonna take?" He snapped

"It's different being on the other side of this isn't it?"

"So that's why y'did it?!" He yelled "Fucking revenge?!"

"No"

I tried to keep my composure, he had every right to be mad at me; I didn't.

"How long were y'doin' it?"

"Does it matter?" I asked quietly

He nodded

I sighed "Can't we just forget about it; start over?"

"Answer my question"

I sighed again "Since last year"

"Before or after we were married?"

I looked at him and I could tell he already knew. "Noel told you already, didn't he?"

"Before or after?" He asked again

"Before we were engaged" I whispered "But after too"

I figured I'd lay it all out on the table, Noel had probably told him everything anyway; it wouldn't do me any good to lie about it now.

"Jesus Christ, Lyla!"

"I'm sorry I-"

"That means shit t'me!"

"I...I know, but I am"

"I don't care"

"Just like you don't love me anymore?"

He didn't say anything

"I know you still do"

"Lyla"

"Just tell me you do, I need to hear you say it"

"I love you" he paused "I just don't think I want to be with you anymore"

I sat quiet; I didn't know what to say.

"I'll never be able to trust you again"

"Just like I can't trust you"

"I always trusted you, I always have and you lied to me; right to my face, more than once; even when I asked you point blank if you were doin' it"

"You aren't exactly Mr Perfect, Liam" I looked at him "Or did you forget about your little German tart?"

"A one night stand is a little different than a whole fucking year!" He yelled "And I didn't even sleep with 'er!"

"You were going to"

"But I didn't, an' you slept with my brother!"

"I-"

"For a fucking year!"