Chapter 257
From being harassed by a male colleague, being misunderstood, going to the police station due to fighting, to being released on bail, she explained everything clearly until she felt slightly thirsty.
Callum kept his eyebrows furrowed through her explanation. His handsome face was cold, which made people unable to see through what he was thinking at the moment.
After Lillian finished speaking, he said, “Why didn’t you call me when all this happened?”
“I-I’m afraid to bother you. You’re busy with your work, and my matter is just some trivial things,” Lillian answered subserviently.
Callum fixed his eyes on Lillian and kept staring at her until she felt a sense of uneasiness.
“Are you truly afraid of disturbing me?” he asked after a while.
She said with a guilty conscience, “It’s true!
He pursed his lips and kept silent. They began to stare at each other again. Lillian muttered inwardly, “I wondered when Callum is going to stop staring at me here. Shouldn’t he be happy that I didn’t call to disturb him when I faced some troubles? Why is his expression like that now? Like I owed him hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
“Let’s go,” he said after he took her hand abruptly.
“Huh?” She looked at him in a daze and asked, “Where are we going?”.
“Your house. Do you plan to stand here all night?” he replied.
She was stunned because she was afraid that Callum would tell her parents, and they would nag her, no matter whether it was her fault. She then said, “Don’t tell my parents about what happened today.”
He suddenly sneered and stared at her with his dark eyes. “Lillian, why should I keep it from your parents?”
“Because you’re my boyfriend!” she shouted. After saying that, she realized she had said something inappropriate. Both of them understood the meaning of being her boyfriend.
“You know I’m your boyfriend.” He approached her and continued, “But why didn’t you find me when something happened to you? I’m the type of boyfriend who was the last one to know your situation.”
She stepped back unconsciously. However, the more she did, the closer he approached.
She defended herself and explained, “I’ve said that I was afraid of disturbing you.”
However, he snorted and replied, “How dare you keep lying to me. What else do you want to lie to me? State them all.”
“I’m not lying. Ah!” she suddenly screamed. Her foot tripped over the staircase behind her, causing her body to fall backward.
When she was about to fall on the steps, her wrist was pulled by a force. The next moment, she had landed into a broad embrace.
Lillian panted in shock and was enveloped by a familiar aura.
She could feel Callum’s hand holding her waist at the moment. She was leaning against his arms, which made her feel extremely at ease.
She knew that he came to retaliate against her and would make her suffer in pain. However, at the moment, he provided her with a sense of security.
All she could feel was irony.
At that moment, his voice sounded in her ear as he uttered, “Lillian, you’re a liar!”
On the other hand, she felt helpless and remained silent without retorting.
In the end, Lillian returned home with Callum.
When they arrived at the Quinn residence, Stephen and Abigail warmly welcomed Callum and asked him to have dinner together.
Callum naturally agreed without hesitation, while Lillian was silently terrified by his words. She was afraid that the longer he stayed, the easier he would spill the beans when he chatted with her parents.
After dinner, Lillian hurriedly pulled Callum into her room. “Um, when are you going to leave?”
“Do you want me to leave as soon as possible?” he asked while he raised his eyebrows.
She smiled awkwardly and replied, “I’m afraid that my parents will treat you overly enthusiastically and annoy you. You knew that they thought you were my boyfriend, so I guess they will seize opportunities to keep asking you questions.”
“I won’t. It’s quite interesting to chat with them,” Callum answered. That was because he could learn a lot about her when he chatted with her parents.
That was the part of Lillian he did not know about. Her parents would unintentionally tell him all her experiences, from childhood to adulthood.
“Moreover, remember to call me, no matter what happens in the future. Don’t go to Rosalie again,” Callum said.
“Rosalie is my friend. It’s normal for me to ask for her help when I face trouble,” she argued.
He chuckled as if he was mocking her. “If you find Rosalie again, I believe Jonathan will hire someone to kill you.”
Lillian trembled in fear and doubted, “You’re overexaggerating.”
“Overexaggerating?” Callum raised his eyebrows and continued, “Jonathan is not a generous person. The last time we went to Sloummont together, I could sense how much he valued Rosalie. The closer you and Rosalie are, the more jealous he will be.”
Lillian thought, “No wonder I had that feeling in the car just now. At that time, I felt that Jonathan seemed to be jealous. Could it be that…” She murmured, “But I’m a woman.”
Callum replied, “So what? The comics you used to read are also about the love story between two men. Why is it impossible for women?”
Lillian was at a loss for words and instantly felt embarrassed. She knew that she and Rosalie were purely friends. She suggested awkwardly, “Should I go to Jonathan and swear that I had no other thoughts toward Rosalie except for friendship?”
Her words made Callum roll his eyes speechlessly.
Callum said, “When you encounter something in the future, and the first one that comes to your mind is me instead of Rosalie, then Jonathan probably won’t make a move on you.”
In truth, he was also jealous of her friendship with Rosalie. Even if he knew they were purely friends, he would still mind about it.
Just like back then, she returned to her home country directly because of Rosalie’s case without informing him.
Lillian could only nod obediently. She thought, “Nowadays, it’s hard for women to sustain a pure friendship.”
Callum continued, “I’ll ask my lawyer to follow up on your dispute later.”
“Thank you!” She thanked him tactfully. After all, with the help of a lawyer, it would save her much trouble later.
“By the way,” he said in a drawn-out tone. “Don’t your colleagues know that you have a boyfriend?”
