TORN

Chapter 19

Hannah

Liam.

I couldn't believe it.

I let out a strangled moan and my legs gave way. He didn't say anything but he caught me before I hit the ground. I couldn't keep steady on my feet so he kept his grip tight on to me. I was in shock.

Mixed emotions gushed through my whole body. I couldn't believe this. Was he really here? Where had he been? Did he know what he'd put both me and his dad through?! I didn't know what to feel as I pushed him back. I was still bent over as I studied him, my mouth hanging open. He looked at me with passion in his eyes but a scared expression, his lip was trembling. I settled on anger.

I leapt up and slapped him hard. My chest heaving up and down, adrenaline rushed through me as I lashed out at him and pushed him.

'Where the fuck have you been?!' I sobbed, pushing him over and over. 'Do you know what you have put me through?! What you have put your Dad through?! You selfish bastard!' I was breathless. He grabbed my wrists and waited for me to calm down.

I tried to catch my breath as I sobbed, totally overwhelmed, twisting and turning to get out of his grip but he was too strong. I could make out silent tears sliding down his cheeks in the darkness and his tired expression; he looked like he was in despair.

He was dressed in a full black tracksuit and his hair was short to his head and his stubble trimmed. His familiar smell made my heart pound even more than it was.

Relief suddenly swept through me and I gripped onto him and hugged him close to me, squeezing him tight. My sobs louder than ever as my hands came into contact with his bare neck.

Oh Liam! I've missed you so much, I thought. He pulled me close and buried his head into my hair, his large hands wrapped around my back.

'I'm sorry. I'm so sorry'. He sobbed gently into my neck. I was on my tip toes pulling him as close as possible to me.

'You're alright! You're okay! Thank god you're okay!' I was hysterical. My voice was muffled into the crook of his neck. 'I thought.. I don't know what I thought'. I sniffed.

He gently pulled me back and inspected me, his expression now full of love and want but with a sadness behind his eyes. My lip quivered as I took in his presence standing before me. He put both of his hands on my cheeks and circled his thumbs by my temples. My eyes floated into the back of my head. The contact between us felt wonderful.

My back was against the car as he continued his caress of my face. He was taking me all in like he thought he would never see me again. His eyes moved to the eternity ring, he took a sharp breath and played with it gently.

Our eyes locked again. I had so many questions but I didn't know where to begin. He could read me so well and knew I was getting ready to start questioning him.

Before I knew it his lips were on mine - hard. My body literally became on fire as we clung to each other for dear life. I kissed him back harder. I couldn't get enough of him, moaning desperately in to his mouth as he opened the back passenger side door and lay me on my back and climbed on top of me, never removing his lips from my own.
I had missed him so much. He groaned loudly as our kiss became more heated and sloppy. Our tongues exploring the other, desperate as if we both thought we would never see each other again.