Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Macau

Izzy sighed as she shrugged off her coat and draped it over the bed. She then raised an eyebrow as she turned toward Liam, who followed her into her hotel room without hesitation. He moved with his usual confidence, as if her space was his to occupy. Why was he treating this place as his own!?

“You really should stop agitating him like that,” she said, folding her arms.

Liam leaned casually against the edge of the dresser, his lips curling into a faint smirk. “Why should I? It’s fun,” he said, watching her closely. “Besides, I didn’t think you’d be affected.”

Izzy narrowed her eyes. “I’m not affected. I just don’t want any trouble,” she blurted. She knew how Calen had been drinking heavily lately. Alcohol had clouded his judgment. She couldn’t shake the worry that he might do something reckless, especially to Liam.

Liam straightened and took a step toward her. “If you’re not affected,” he said, his tone low, “then why are you asking me to stop? Isn’t it just a little more fun this way?”

Izzy pinched the bridge of her nose and began massaging her temples. “It’s childish,” she muttered, glancing at him with faint exasperation.

He stopped in front of her, standing close enough that she could smell his cologne. “Is it because you still care about him?” he asked, his gaze sharp.

!

Her head snapped up. “I don’t care about Calen anymore,” she said without hesitation.

Almost immediately, she noticed the subtle change in Liam’s face. His smirk disappeared, replaced by something darker, more intense. His jaw tightened, and his eyes burned with an unspoken emotion. Izzy frowned and tilted her head. “Are you angry?” she asked.

away. Instead, he took another step closer, his gaze never leaving hers. “What if

me of how you used to act,” she said. “Always finding ways to get under my skin, always bullying me around. Do

her teasing seemed to land differently than she expected. Instead of softening, Liam’s expression darkened further, his features hardening. Izzy’s smirk faltered as

her gaze, his voice low and deliberate. “Is that the real reason you don’t want me to bother Calen?” he asked. “Because

heart skipped a beat. “You–of course not. Liam… why would you-“Why is he asking this question with that angry look in his eyes? “Calen’s a pest, alright?

you?” he asked.

wanting to assure him that she could indeed handle Calen. However, the memories of what happened in her office suddenly filled her head.

She clenched her fists at her sides, trying to

believe,” he said. “You say you can handle him, but here you

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so hard to understand?” She can’t have problems now, especially with the surrounding project in Macau. She

and suddenly, the small space between them felt suffocating. “You don’t want trouble? Or is it because you’re afraid you won’t be able to control

she refused to back down. “Don’t twist my words,” she snapped, glaring at him. “I just don’t want to waste my time

darker. “Is that what you think this is? Didn’t you

the hell is that supposed

it means,” he

her pulse pounding in her ears as her eyes moved from his eyes to his moistened lips, then back to his eyes.

heat simmering between them was impossible to ignore. She opened her mouth to retort, but no words came out. Instead, her frustration boiled over in a single, impulsive act.

his collar, pulling him down to her level, and crashed her lips