The Secrecy✔

Chapter 64

Lillian Delmer

His body collapsed on the ground as I was shouted out his name. I looked at Carson and he was about to shoot me, but the door busted out, and Tori, Ed and Rick came to rescue, all raising their gun at Carson.

"Drop the gun, Ledwell!" Edward ordered. But Carson was still taking his gun to shoot me. However, when he pulled the trigger, I was expecting a bullet coming to me, but it didn't. I realized that the gun was out of bullets. Edward shot Carson in his right thigh and Carson fell down while Rick and other guys who seemed like policemen went to arrest him.

I rushed to Sam with teary eyes whereas Tori was also coming towards us.

"Sam! Sam! Do you hear me?!?" Tears were flowing from my eyes and onto his face. I slightly shook his body to wake him up, but he didn't even budge.

No... Please... Stay alive...

There was a whole on his left chest. He was sweating badly, but I couldn't hear him breath.

"Sam! You couldn't be dead yet. There are so many things I have to tell you!" I cried harder and my eyes were blurry. Tears were continuously flowing. "L-Look I l-lo... I l-love y-you okay, just don't die please?" I stuttered through everything that came up on my mind.

Why does this always happen? When people are protecting me, at least one of them always goes away.

I didn't care about anything. All I was wishing was Sam being being alive and waking up then definitely scolding me for coming here.

He was laying on my lap with me shaking him uncontrollably.

"Why did you do this?!" I sobbed. "This isn't how it supposed to be..."

Tori came to us and checked his pulse, but I knew what her miserable frown meant.

"No... Tori, he can't be..."

"I already called the ambulance, but..." Her words made me feel like I've lost my hope.

Asher and Jack came to us with a sorry look on their face. The conditions of the two of them weren't really good either since they were severely beaten up, but at least they gained their consciousness back.

"Why is the ambulance taking so long?!" I cried out loud and horrible hiccups started to appear.

"You should tell him what you want to say, in case...." Jack came and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Liz..." He muttered and I quickly brought my head up. He was struggling to say.

"The ambulance will be here in a bit." I said, crying and feeling relieved that he was able to speak, but also worried that he might....

"You idiot, why would you do that?" I felt angry and upset at both him and myself.

"Look man, cut it out already. The girl's been crying all out and she finally said what you wanted to hear. Quit making her worry and feel guilty." Jack said in an unimpressed way, but with sympathy hidden inside.

"Huh?" I raised my head up and Tori mouthed "He's okay."

Sam chuckled softly on my lap and I realized that he just pretended. I took my hands out from under his head and stood up, making Sam's head and upper body hit the ground quite harshly.

"Ouch..." Sam groaned in pain.

"I hate you, Sam Parkinson!" I wiped up my tears from my now swollen eyes. Tori came and hugged me.

"But a moment ago, you just said you love me." Sam smirked and I gave him a big welcome punch on his torso.

"Ugh..." He clutched onto his torso and stumbled back. "That sure hurts as hell."

"That's my gift for being alive and pretending to almost die." I glared at him. Still, I'm super glad he's alive, but regarding his face right now, it's worse than a messed up concrete.

"How did you avoid the bullet, anyways?" I asked him.

He pulled up half of his shirt and showed me. "Bulletproof vest, hun."

"But how??"

"Let's save the questions for later. Now we've got to get all of us treated." We all went to the hospital and got treated. When I looked at myself in the mirror, it's as if I've just put on makeup for the first time ever.

We stayed at our home several days to get better. And while I was reading a book on my bed, everyone came in.

"Liz, I mean Lillian, there's someone who wants to see you." Mr. Parkinson said and through the door came in a person who looks like my mom, no an old version of mom.

"Oh... Lillian!" She came and hugged me tightly and that's when I knew that the person hugging me is the queen of England, my grandmother.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your mother was forced into a marriage she didn't want. I'm terribly sorry that I didn't take good care of your mother and didn't even know about you. I'm so sorry...."

"It's okay, your highness." Even though I am slightly angry at her, I can't do anything or change the fact that my parents are gone. I have to accept the truth and move on. Getting angry at her won't do anything.

I cried and everyone left us to have our own privacy. I thought the queen would be very reserved and strict and all those royal persona, but it turns out that she is nice and welcoming and warm. We've talked for about several hours and she then asked me if I would like to move in to the palace.

Even though it sounds pleasing, but I have to refuse. My friends and people I cherish are here in the U.S and I don't want to go anywhere far away from them. I promised her to visit the palace from time to time.

Several months later, I'm back to work and guess what, it's not any different. Even if I'm Sam's girlfriend, he still treats me like any normal employee, no favoritism when it comes to work and that's what I like about him even though I sometimes hope he won't give too much work to me.

"Perks of having your boss as your boyfriend, eh??" I muttered. "Zero perks, to be honest."

On Christmas Eve, I don't know why, but we have to work and I complain it to Sam, but he only said that we need to finish it before Christmas. Tori has to go on a date with Jack, so I will be covering her shift today.

"Here's the documents. Please answer each and every one of them and don't forget to give some comments back, but they all have to be positive." Sam said and gave me the USB and I nodded.

"It's going to be one long documents again." I rolled my eyes and groaned.

I sat down and started working. I plugged the USB to my computer and found the file. But everything is...

File 1: Will you marry me?
File 2: Will you marry me? Please answer the questions correctly.
File 3: Will you marry me? Please answer correctly. Also please give various of lovely and nice comments on your boss, Sam Parkinson. Make sure it's at least 50.

I couldn't even believe my eyes. I internally laughed and physically smiled widely at how childish and bossy he is. I did as order and brought it back to him. And the moment I opened the door, he's already there, on his knee with a ring in his hand. Tears were flowing from happiness and I walked towards him and gave him the USB.

"Yes. Was all I could reply." I said and hugged him. That day, he proposed to me and it was a coincidence that the clock struck 12 which was also Christmas Day.

Everyone came and cheered and from that moment onwards, I know that this is a freshly new beginning of my life as Lillian Delmer again.