Chapter 173

Celeste pursed her lips, leaned down, and asked, “What are you trying to do?”

Before she could finish speaking, Liam lowered his eyes and gently applied some ointment to the wound on her lower lip with his index finger.

She had bitten her lip last night to keep herself from losing consciousness.

The cold ointment mixed with Liam’s warm fingertip felt like it also carried his tenderness.

Remembering last night’s ordeal, she suddenly felt so wronged she wanted to cry.

“Your mouth is swollen like a sausage. Don’t you feel anything?”

Liam’s words successfully suppressed the feeling of injustice welling up inside Celeste.

hand away and glared at him, “If you don’t like looking at

worse than this. I’m used to it by now.”

her lips. Liam really should

a knock on the door, and Shawn entered with a basket

stood up. “Dad, I thought you left.”

Liam likes, so I just bought

nodded and took the basket from

cake, but her dad never bought her one even though there was a dessert shop right across from his

have

how do you feel

nothing serious. I can be

anything, ask

Why did her dad

her and said,

few more pleasantries before

moment. I need to

what he wanted to say.

Celeste hurried after him, asking. “What do you want to talk about?”

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