I'm in Love With a Criminal // H.E.S

Chapter 33:

I felt my face burn with embarrassment when he said those words, I haven't even known this man for 20 minutes and he was already calling me beautiful. "Come on, darling" he said, knocking me out of my thoughts. I looked up at his face and he smiled down at me, holding out his hand.

"Where are we going? I thought we had to wait for the police to come?" I asked, forcing a smile back at him. He nodded and said "I know, but they won't be here for about 5 minutes so let's sit on the bench over there", pointing at the wooden bench that was only about 10 feet away from where we were standing.

I nodded and followed him, soon sitting down like he wanted to do. "So Melanie, how did you escape from Harry then?" Liam asked, turning his body to face mine.

A sharp breath left my lips and I shuffled in my seat uneasily, "I smashed a glass vase over his head..." I said awkwardly, not wanting to even talk about that psychopath.

"That explains the gash on his head" he mumbled, I narrowed my eyebrows at him and forced another smile. "Huh?" I asked, confused about how he knew of Harry's injured head.

"Sorry love?" he asked, trying to act dumb. I twiddled my thumbs and looked at him again, "you said something.." I replied. Like me, he narrowed his eyebrows.

He let out a small chuckle and said "no I didn't, sweetheart". My stomach turned when Liam lied directly to my face, did he know Harry? He must know him if he's aware of Harry's injuries that I caused.

I instantly stood up and not even a second later, Liam did too. "What's wrong?" he asked, stepping closer to me and rubbing my right arm up and down. My head was flooded with many different thoughts and emotions and my heart was beating an incredible pace.

What if this was all a trick?

"Don't touch me" I said, taking a step back so his arm fell from mine and to his side. He put his hands up in surrender and took a small step back, "I didn't mean to frighten you" he said gently.

I thought of the whole situation in my head, Liam was too nice and gentle to be tricking me. Maybe it was just me over thinking and being paranoid, surely someone as sweet as Liam wouldn't be friends with someone like Harry, a criminal.

I let out a small sigh and rubbed my forehead, "I'm sorry" I sighed, taking a seat on the bench again. He copied my action and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "it's fine, you're obviously going to be apprehensive about everything considering what has happened to you, I mean you were kidnapped by London's most wanted criminal, I understand your sudden outburst" he explained.

I looked to my right and jumped a little when his face was closer to mine than expected, "thank you Liam" I said quietly. He smiled and his eyes trailed down to my lips, i sucked in a sharp breath and looked away. Every time Harry would look at me like that, it always ended up in a bad situation.

Loud ringing overtook the awkward silence which I was extremely grateful for, I noticed it was Liam's phone. He quickly removed it from his back pocket and answered, I heard inaudible mumbling and couldn't make out what the person on the other end of the line was saying.

Liam looked around and said "on the bench by the hill", I bit the inside of my lip, my gut telling me that there was something odd about this. "Yeah, she's still with me" he replied to the caller, I looked at him to see his eyes were a darker shade of brown than before, I could have mistaken the color for black.

After a few seconds he hung up the phone and smiled at me, "that was the police officer, he didn't know where we were" he said, stuttering a little at the end. Since when did police officers call people back and ask for directions?

I nodded, for some reason I didn't believe what he was telling me, but then again it's probably me just being paranoid again. I took deep breaths as I suddenly started feeling sick, my stomach was turning in all different directions.

Liam slowly held my hand making me flinch, he intertwined his fingers with mine and smirked at me. "You'll be home before you know it" he said, rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb.

I forced a smile back and moved my fallen fringe out of my face. I heard a car driving up behind us, it was probably the police officers. Liam's grasp on my hands tightened causing me to wince in pain.

I turned my head and my eyes widened once I saw the large black range rover, I instantly had the urge to be sick. I looked back at Liam and he didn't have the same gentle expression as earlier, but instead, he had an evil smirk that matched Harry's.

My breathing hitched at the back of my throat, "you tricked me" I said barely above a whisper. I pulled my hand as hard as I could away from Liam, freeing it from his hold.

I immediately stood up and looked back at the range rover, the driver's door opened and suddenly everything felt as if it were moving in slow motion. He stepped out of the vehicle, the bottom of his trench coat flying out behind him once the wind hit him.

His eyes locked with mine and he looked like he could kill someone with just his stare, there was a dark red substance on the side of his head. It was blood from earlier.

Tears brimmed at the corners of my eyes, "no" i mumbled. I instantly turned around and ran as fast as I could away from him. The loud sound of the car door slamming filled the quiet atmosphere, my heart was pounding in my ears making me want to run faster.

Suddenly, a heavy weight knocked me to the floor from behind. I immediately started crying loudly and squirming about, "get off me" I screamed once I felt the same, familiar hands on my waist.

He clamped his hand on my mouth preventing me from screaming anymore, "you naughty girl" he whispered in my ear. His voice making silent tears roll down my face.

After a few seconds, he stood up and pulled me off the ground. He slammed me into his chest and kept his hand over my mouth. He began to walk back to his car, forcing me with him.

I tried to scream but it came out muffled, I locked eyes with Liam and I could see a hint of guilt in his eyes. I cried into Harry's hand, my whole body feeling weak.

"Thank you mate" he said, patting Liam on the back. "No problem, anything for you" Liam replied, his eyes still on mine.

I can't process what is happening, everything is going too fast. My head felt as if it were about to burst and as if my heart was about to spring out of my chest at any moment.

Before I could do anything else, my body went limp into Harry's arms. My eyes were heavy and I couldn't keep them open for a second longer. Before I knew it, my whole body shut down.

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