Chapter 86: One To Be Blamed

As Lana started walking towards her team, she heard Daryl's loud cry and saw him running towards her with his face full of worry. She knew at that moment that she was in significant danger, so she turned around, ready to make a defensive move and save herself.

But to her surprise, a familiar back blocked her body. She was startled with the speed and the swift actions of the person there.

Daryl suddenly stopped in his tracks and was panicked to see the ruthlessness with how Liam broke the gang leader's arm in a flash, making the knife he was holding fall into the ground. He did not spare a second in breaking and dislocating his arms, probably making his arm disabled for the next half a year.

*Bam! *Thud!

The gang leader then was served with a series of punches left, right and centre while Liam continuously kept cursing him with each punch he blew on him.

"How dare you lay your dirty finger on my woman!" His voice roared in the area, making Lana freeze on her spot.

The fierceness in Liam's voice was very clear. His voice full of anger had not only frozen the blood of all the other rogues but even Daryl was so afraid of Liam that he wished the ground could just eat him alive since he was as good as dead as that gangster, for bringing Lana with him and putting her in such grave danger.

He signaled Steven to hold and stop Liam from hitting the gangster further else he might get the leader killed by his punches.

Lana was still shocked and frozen in her place, watching the furious Liam. 'Why is he here?' she at first mused, and then realized that Liam called her as his woman, openly in front of everyone.

'Wait! Steven must also have heard him say all that?' Lana thought, looking at Steven who somehow managed to stop Liam from hitting the leader. Steven dragged him a little away from the leader, and Liam tried to calm down his flaring nerves.

However, as soon as Liam calmed down and got himself together, he reached out to Lana who still stood in a side a little dazed and out of herself. He held her by her shoulders and inspected her from head to toe, holding her hands looking at her palms and arms, then checking her face and he even slid his fingers in her hair and checked if she was perfectly fine and not hurt anywhere.

Lana just stood like a doll being played by Liam and kept gazing at him with wide eyes.

"Are you hurt somewhere? Are you okay? Do you have any pain anywhere?" he asked with a worried voice and expression.

Lana suddenly felt touched by his caring gesture and realised sometimes it was nice to have someone worry about her safety like that. Her eyes turned misty, and she felt very warm by his gesture. Each touch on her shoulders, face and hair was igniting a new wave of warmth in her.

Never... Never in her life had she felt like that before.

"I'm okay, Liam.." She whispered softly to calm down his anxiousness.

"Are you really alright?" Liam cupped her face and asked her nervously.

"You know I can fight well. I have been trained in the military and am pretty good in my skills. You really don't need to worry about me." Lana deliberated with a smile on her face. His worrisome attitude was not only new for her but was very heartwarming in many ways as well.

"Not worry?! Lana, you almost got stabbed! Do you realise the kind of danger you had stepped into? Who told you to come here?!" Liam scolded her this time, infuriated. He did not even bother to wait for Lana's reply and shouted, "Daryl!"

Lana was alarmed, seeing Daryl's pale face, so she quickly held his arm and pulled Liam over and said to Daryl, "Please take care of everything."

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The police were already in the place and Lana held Liam's hand, pulling him back to his car.

"Why are you so worked up Liam? It's not Daryl's fault to begin with. I was the one who insisted on coming and joined them. Please don't get mad at Daryl. He kept on denying me, but really it was me who insisted... If you're angry, get mad only at me." Lana stressed out.

Liam halted and gave her a stern look. How much ever angry he was with her he did not have the heart to scold her any more. All he could do was stare at her with furious eyes and Lana, for the first time, got scared with his imposing aura.

He looked so infuriated. Lana unconsciously bit her tongue and gave Liam an awkward smile to soothe his anger down.

"This is not funny Lana. Anything could happen because someone is irresponsible! What would I do if you ended up getting a stab? How would I explain everything to your mother? Don't you know how worried she is even with you staying alone in your place? What more could it be if you got stabbed under my watch, Lana?

How would I ever answer her? I told you to stay in the office. Didn't I? Can't you follow a simple order?!" Liam burst out. His voice was heavy, showing how furious he still was.

Lana could understand where he was coming from, because she realised she was still his responsibility in the eyes of her mother, so anything that could happen to her would be his responsibility as an intern working directly under him and not to mention he had a great bonding already with her mother.

She looked at Liam with pursed lips and muttered, "I'm sorry Liam. This won't happen again, but if you are thinking of punishing Daryl, then please don't do that. Instead, punish me because he clearly stated his reluctance and disagreement about bringing me with him, but I insisted. I should be the one to be blamed for this mess."

"Get in the car. And don't come out unless I say so!" Liam exclaimed and Lana gulped but followed immediately. She knew she was wrong, so she dared not argue back with him or infuriate him anymore.