Locked Up Heart |LivDom|

12. The Beautiful Lies

Liv Morgan's POV
This week is my session with Dominik again. I've been so busy that it felt like it's been a long time since I last saw him. I've been so busy helping him from afar with his case instead of helping him directly with his issues.

It's strange to say but I miss seeing him and our sessions of course.

As the guards brought in Dominik, his face didn't look well. He had a huge bandaid on his forehead and a bruised up cheek.

"Dominik, what happened? Are you okay?" I asked him as I was genuinely concerned.

Dominik doesn't say anything except smirk at me.

"I'm fine now that you're here." He says and I frown.

"It's not funny. I'm serious. Tell me what happened to your face." I demanded him.

"Just a little prison fight. Not a big deal." He shrugs it off.

"Not a big deal?!" I reach into my bag and remember that I always bring a small first aid kit with me everywhere I go. In this case, I'm using it.

I stood up as I was now standing in front of Dominik with the first aid kit in my hand.

"What are you gonna do Doc?" He asked me, looking up into my eyes

"I'm going to help treat your wounds since you can't take care of yourself." I stated to him.

"I'm serious this ain't nothing but you know what would make me feel a lot better?" He questioned me.

"What?" I asked.

"A kiss and then I'll feel a lot better." He grinned at me.

Is he joking? I know he's joking. He's only just trying to tease me.

"Ha Ha very funny." I grinned back as I placed my hand right under his chin as I get a closer look at his bruise on his cheek.

I take some of the medicine and apply the cotton very gently over the bruise. Dominik winced, causing me to stop.

"I'm sorry." I said to him.

"It's okay. It's not that big of a deal." He said to me.

"Can you promise me not to get into anymore fights? I hate to see you like this." I admitted to him.

"As long as you visit me more. It felt so long since I saw your face." Dominik tells me.

My face? Why is he sounding so sweet? What's gotten into him.

"Dominik, you know why I was busy right? I was busy helping you get out of here. I haven't forgotten our sessions." I admitted to him.

After I was done rubbing the medicine, I took a bandaid and placed it gently on his bruised cheek. I smiled at him and that made Dominik smile back.

"I like it when you smile. It's beautiful." He compliments me. Stunning me again with his kind words.

"Stop flirting with me." I tell him.

"But it's the truth and you like it." He smirks at me.

"Take this seriously Dominik. I'm your therapist not your girlfriend." I reminded him.

"Not yet." He says.

"No, I'm serious. We have to keep things professional between us."

"Why do you keep denying it? You like me"

"Don't you have a wife?" I questioned him.

"I'll divorce her and then we can get married." He says.

"What? Now you're sounding crazy." I shake my head at him.

"I'm not. Once I get out of here, we can get married and we can have that wild and desirable passion you were talking about." He says and my mouth opens wide.

He remembers all that?

"Wow. Do you even hear yourself!" I asked him.

"Loud and clear." He says.

"Clearly not because you're talking crazy?" I chuckle a little at him.

"I'm crazy about you." He tells me but I sigh and reach into my bag to grab my note book and pen.

"As your therapist, I have to still treat you. Let's not waste anymore time and start our session." I suggested .

Dominik sighed but nodded.

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I was leaving the prison after my session with Dominik. Not sure with how today's session went since Dominik has been so prescient with flirting with me. Hes edging me to admit I have feelings for him and complimenting me on how pretty I am but I just can't take them seriously.

I know he's just playing around but I'm trying to focus on getting him better and getting him out of prison too. I know once he's out, he'll forget all about me.

He won't even look at me.

Just like he did when I was in high school. While I was crushing on Austin in secret and Dominik was there, Dominik barely knew I existed. All four years, not once we talked.

I was invisible and I made myself that way but even I admit that I have changed since then. I'm a grown adult now and Dominik is too but he's changed a lot. He's suffered so much and his attitude isn't the same from what I remembered.

He was a normal kid who was pretty much nice to everyone.

My phone rang suddenly as I saw it was my mother calling me.

"Hi Ma!" I answered.

"Hi honey, are you busy this evening?" She asked me.

"No, why?" I asked her.

"I found this really nice guy for you. He wants to know if you're available this evening." My mom informs me.

"Mom, not again with the blind dates. I told you a thousand times I'm super busy these weeks and I have no time for dating right now." I reminded her, getting upset that she is trying to set me up on dates again.

"I know but you said you aren't busy this evening so I thought today was a great time for you to go." She says.

"You need to stop setting me up on these dates. I'm not available for them anymore." I tell her.

"Liv, you're 31 years old now. You're not getting any younger and I just want to make sure you protected and happy. I don't want you to be alone like me. It's miserable being alone. I've been in love with your father and the day he left us broke my heart. I don't want the same thing happening to you." She tells me, hearing her voice breaking down over the phone.

This same exact story about dad has been repeated so many times that I can't even breathe. My mom doesn't understand that I just need a break from dating. For a long time I thought Austin was the one but we broke up but now she thinks I'm gonna be alone forever.

I'm honestly so annoyed and desperate that I can't take this anymore. I'm tired of going on failed blind dates.

"Mom, I'm not gonna end up alone because I........I'm already seeing someone."