Chapter 237
"...Okay, thank you!" Clutching her chest where her heart thudded, Diana managed a smile, thanked him, and stepped out of the elevator toward room 6806.
Standing before the presidential suite's polished wooden door with the gold-embossed number 6806, Diana felt her heart racing even stronger. The corridor seemed filled with nothing but the sound of her heartbeat.
Taking a deep breath and then exhaling to prepare herself, she raised her hand and pressed the doorbell...
"Ding-dong... Ding-dong..." The crisp bell sound was clear even through the wooden door. After pressing it twice, she clasped her hands in front of her and waited calmly for Liam to answer.
One, two, three, four, five... To relieve her anxiety, Diana silently counted in her mind. At the count of twelve, the door unlatched with a click and swung open. There stood Liam, fresh from a shower, clad in a white bathrobe, his hair still damp.
As Diana looked at him, only heaven knew the elation in her heart, exuberant joy beyond words.
"Liam..." she began.
"You're here. You got the stuff?" Liam spoke first, his direct question interrupting her.
About to voice her feelings, her outburst was cut short.
Stuff? What stuff?
At that moment, Diana's mind imploded like the blast from a bomb, instantly enveloped in a blinding haze that rendered her incapable of thought.
"Liam, did your secretary bring the necklace for me?"
As Diana was grappling with her sudden mental blackout, a crisp, endearing, and gentle voice floated through the suite.
That voice was strangely familiar.
However, it detonated within her like a second bomb, jolting Diana sharply back to reality.
While she was struggling to place the delicate, charming voice, a woman emerged from the bedroom wearing a bathrobe identical to Liam's, entering Diana's view...
In an instant, Diana was completely shocked.
Wasn't that Tessa?
Tessa, only nineteen, a girl she'd known for merely a week, was already with Liam?
"Heh... Diana, it's you!" Tessa, spotting the stupefied Diana at the doorway, pranced over, her hands naturally wrapping around Liam's arm, her adorable smile radiant as she leaned on him and politely addressed Diana. "Sorry to trouble you to bring over the…"
Just as the word "necklace" was about to leave Tessa's lips, her gaze abruptly fell upon the blue diamond necklace on Diana's neck, and her voice came to a halt.
"Heh... Diana, have you had dinner yet? Is there some business matter you need to discuss with Liam? If so, I'll head back to the room and leave you two here." Seeing the frozen Diana and her progressively pallid face, Tessa quickly shifted topics, loosened her grip on Liam, flashed Diana a smile, and swiftly retreated to the room.
Liam turned, watched as Tessa entered the room, then directed his gaze back at Diana, his expression unchanging. "All good here. You can go now."
With those words, he casually closed the door with a resounding thud.
Diana stood there, petrified, more like a fool than a statue. As the door slammed shut, severing her from all view, she finally snapped back to her senses.
Reaching up, she touched the exquisite blue diamond necklace again, but this time, without any delicacy, she yanked it off with all her might. Breaking it seemed to sap Diana of all her strength, and the next second, her knees went weak. She collapsed onto the carpet at the doorstep, tears streaming uncontrollably.
However, she quickly realized she couldn't keep playing the fool, a joke for Liam and Tessa to laugh at. So, she scrambled up, clinging to the last shreds of her dignity, and dashed for the elevator.
Back in the suite, Liam closed the door and didn't turn away immediately. Instead, he stood there, tilting his head back, took a deep breath, and after a silent half-minute, finally headed toward the bedroom.
"Liam, does your secretary have a crush on you like I do? It looked like she was quite upset just now," Tessa asked with innocent, sparkling eyes as she sprawled on the bed, chin propped on her hands.
"Are you jealous?" Liam sat on the edge of the bed and gently massaged Tessa's hair. "Pick out another necklace you like, let me know, and it's yours."
Tessa brightened with a radiant smile, quickly sat up, and straddled Liam's lap face-to-face, her hands reaching for his neck while she pouted playfully. "What if I fall for more than one necklace? Would you get them all for me, Liam?"
Wrapping his arms around Tessa, Liam caught a glimpse of the crimson hue on the white sheets from the corner of his eye and smiled. "Of course, anything you want, it's all yours."
"Really? Liam, you're the best. I love you!" Tessa exclaimed, her excitement tipping them over, and she pressed her lips against his...
