Chapter 130

Liam's cold expression softened the moment he saw Wendy. Taking a few steps toward her, he spread his arms. "It's been a while, Wendy." With a faint smile on his face, Liam pulled her into a hug. This embrace that had crossed oceans and traveled via radio waves was filled with immeasurable warmth and consolation. In that instant, the exhaustion and pain in Wendy's heart seemed to melt away completely. She returned the embrace, her arms tightening slowly around him. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? I even tried calling you this morning," Wendy asked in a steady voice, the earlier tremble gone. Liam chuckled. "What, were you so happy to see me that you almost cried?" Wendy shot him an exasperated look at his teasing. "If I say I was, are you going to keep making fun of me?" As soon as she said that, she suddenly remembered there was someone else in the room and quickly moved away from Liam. "Apologies, Ms. Hurst. It's just that Liam and I haven't seen each other