Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 521

Mandy glanced down at herself.

Her clothes were perfectly neat-clearly, Liam hadn't taken advantage of her while she was drunk.

She groaned inwardly, her head pounding. She'd never had alcohol before and had no idea she'd turn into such a handful after a few drinks.

Today was Claire's wedding, and swept up in the celebration, she'd indulged in a few too many glasses of champagne. She never imagined things would spiral like this.

Taking a steadying breath, Mandy forced herself to calm down. Liam, on the other hand, looked thoroughly disheveled his shirt askew, a lipstick mark on his collar, hair a mess. Guilt prickled her as she stammered, "I'm so sorry. I got drunk-l didn't mean for any of that to happen."

Liam fixed her with an intense stare. "You think you can just apologize after what you did to me, Miss Mandy?"

Oh no, Mandy thought, dread sinking in. Clearly, he wasn't about to let this go.

She couldn't really blame him. If the situation were reversed and she'd been harassed by a drunk stranger, she'd probably have called the police by now.

there's nothing I can say to make it right, but if there's anything I can do- whatever it is, as long as

straight face. He was starting to enjoy teasing her like this. Maybe it wasn't exactly noble, but he had no intention of letting Mandy slip away. Something deep inside told him that

stole my first kiss. I'm a bit old-fashioned, you know. I

stared at him,

was it? She'd been bracing herself for some kind of financial demand, or maybe a request

she didn't answer right away, Liam's confidence wavered. Was she about

down his nerves and pressed on "Remember in the car, you promised you'd grant me a request? Well, this is it. You be my girlfriend, I'll be your boyfriend. That way, what happened between us tonight

looked at him—really looked. He was handsome, with the kind of features she'd always been drawn to. From the moment she'd first seen him, she'd felt an

didn't dislike him. And after the scene she'd caused, it only seemed

her throat, she tried to ease the awkwardness.

nodded. "That's all.

then nodded

storm of emotions in his eyes.

his.