Homicide On The Loose

Chapter 18

I woke up on a bed with light brown bedsheets on. I looked at my surroundings and it appears to be a small room that only consists of a queen bed, a small lamp that stood on a small bedside table and a door on the opposite side of the bed.

I sat up and was surprised to see Liam with his right hand supporting his head as he lays down and is looking at my direction while smiling playfully. My eyes were squinting because I thought I was dreaming but I pinched myself and it hurts. So, I must not be dreaming then.

"Where am I?" I asked groggily.

"Where do you think we are, my wife?" he asked me annoyingly. I have no time for jokes. I just asked a simple question yet he would reply with the wittiest answers of all. Why does he have to be so annoying? Especially when I just woke up. I've always felt moody when I just woke up nearly all the time.

"If you refuse to tell me where I am, I will go back to sleep where I don't have to worry about a damn thing!" I said moodily. I didn't know why I was getting so worked up for? I should be feeling like I'm lying on a bed full of flowers or anything that makes people happy because I just married the most handsome man for all the other women to be jealous for. Then, why am I acting this way?

I laid back down on the bed and turned towards the other side where I don't have to see my annoying husband. I closed my eyes and tried so hard to go back to sleep, but it wouldn't let me.

"Leyla," he held my shoulder to gain my attention, "I'm sorry. I was just joking. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Please, Leyla. And if you do want to know, we're still on the plane."

I turned around and he was now laying on his back while staring at the ceiling. Don't I feel guilty, now! Of course we're on the plane, where else would we be?

"Liam, I'm sorry too you know, for making you feel bad. I was just... I don't know." I've never been fond of expressing my feelings. His eyes locked into mine and he smiled at me to which I returned.

"Do you want to go and watch tv?" he asked and I nodded. We went out of the bedroom and into a short corridor that leads to the passenger seats that we've sat a mere hours ago. We sat on a seat respectively and now I realised that there was a tv placed on the wall. He switched it on from the remote control and fatefully, Gossip Girl was on.

"Liam, I want to watch this!" I told him with enthusiasm. I just love watching that show. He chuckled in response and joined in watching the show.

"How long was I asleep?" I asked during the advertisements.

"4 hours, I think." we continued watching for a long time and before I knew it, I was slowly drifting back to sleep.

"Leyla!" someone called my name and were continuously poking my cheek. It was so irritating that without realising, I yelled out, "Go away!"

"Leyla, you have been sleeping for a very long time. I'm worried about you!" wait a second. Did I heard that right? Liam Montgomery is worrying about me? My heart was doing somersaults. But what if he was lying just to get me to wake up?

My eyes were still closed even though his continuous poking has sped up.

"Can you leave me alone?" I asked tiredly.

"Fine. If you don't want to eat your delicious food then it's mine." I popped up one eye to see if there was food. And there it was, right in front of me. A very delicious looking steak covered in gravy and a side of mashed potatoes, waiting for me to dig in. My stomach growled in response.

I didn't wait any much longer to dig in into the heavenly steak. It tastes like it was cooked by a chef from a fine dining restaurant. I've never tasted a fine dining restaurants' food so I'm just assuming. It has been a long time since I last ate but it's in the middle of the night now. I haven't eaten that much during the wedding reception so maybe that explains why I'm digging in like a homeless person.

We ate in silence as were too enwrapped on our own meal.

After we were done, we just sat there in silence even when the flight attendant came to pick up the plates. I just continued staring at the tv that was currently showing a game show. I wasn't even concentrating on the show.

"Let's play a game." Liam suggested. At the mention of the word game, my eyes lit up.

"What are we gonna play?" I turned to his direction and asked him. He looked at me and smiled while thinking. That smile never cease to amaze me. The way he smiles makes my heart do wonders. Not to sound vain or anything, but the reason behind his smile was caused by me. Me, the plain old Leyla Brooks. Well, Montgomery now. Without much action from him, that gorgeous smile of his never stops to make my heart beat even faster like I've run a hundred miles.

"Leyla! Leyla! Hello?" his hand were waving in front of my face like he was trying to gain my attention. I looked at him and blushed as I realized that I was so deep in my own thoughts.

"Sorry." he smiled in return. There goes my heart.

"How about 20 questions?" he suggested and I nod my head in approval of the suggested game.

"Okay, I'll go first. Question number 1, what would you be if you didn't have to be a waitress?"

"Hmm, great question. I would be a traveller." I told him.

My turn, "Besides a businessman, which I assume your father wants you to be one, for you to be his heir, what would you want to be?"

He was thinking, even the way he's thinking is mesmerising. Man, I'm becoming girlier each day and way too girly for my liking.

"A lawyer. Next question, if you get to go anywhere in the world, where would you want to go?"

"To see the aurora northern lights and Disneyland."

We continued the 20 questions game and were having fun. Some of his questions were mostly silly and witty. But nevertheless, fun.

We were laughing when we heard the pilot's announcement, "Ladies and gentlemen, we will be arriving Scarlett Island in a short moment. We ask you to buckle up your seatbelts and sit tight. Thank you."

Yeah, finally!

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