“What do you think will happen if you continue to spout this nonsense?” Alex roars in anger. He was tense and was continuously thinking about Liam in his mind.

Boris became serious and in a lower tone again spoke from the other end of the phone “Well, you are right, I should stop talking and let you beg for information instead.” 

“Roger that captain.” Boris becomes silent as he finishes his line. Alex again gets anxious and tries to make Boris speak again. 

“You won’t be getting anything from this game. Keep in mind you are always on the losing end.” Alex chuckled as he spoke these words. 

“Let me give you a chance to be the winner. Just give me the location of the boy you had or otherwise you won’t be able to play such games anymore.” Alex threatens Boris with his words.

Boris looked a little frustrated and answered in a lousy manner “You are no fun. I’m unable to see any boyfriend quality in you.”

He continues “I sometimes wonder why Asher even chose you. You just gave him unimaginable pain in return.”

“Keep your Damm mouth shut you mother**. Don’t make me angry. You won't be able to handle the consequences.” Alex screams from the other end of the phone in anger.

Boris tries to calm his anger and says “You know, that boy is different. And I’m not like you, Монстр (monster).”

“That rabbit got some guts he struggled throughout his way here, so when he reached here, I had to beat some sense into him. After that I left him at the same place from where he was taken.” Boris smiles as he reminisces about Liam's efforts and struggle to get free.

“Don’t get upset. Next time I won’t leave him alive. There is no need for thanks by the way.” Boris' laugh gets loud from the other side and Alex cuts the call.

Alex takes U- turn from the road and moves back towards Emma’s bar. As Alex gets closer to the Place his mind starts to get filled with anonymous thoughts, he thinks Liam will be scared? What am I going to say to him? If he asked me regarding this incident what I’m going to do then? But there is one thing I’m more confused about, I myself have sent him away from the bar then how the hell was he still there? Why was he at the bar? Did he want to say something? Oh, I’m going to get crazy in this chaos. 

Alex reaches the bar. He opens the car's door and ran towards the bar. A loud bang sound comes from the door as Alex opens it, he sees Emma inside. She was sitting at a table with a boy who was sleeping on the table. Alex rushes towards Emma.

Emma saw Alex coming and got up from her seat. She came close to Alex and stopped him midway.

“Don’t get mad. I have already seen no major injuries, only a few punches here and there were thrown I guess.” Emma whispers the words as she stops Alex. 

Alex gently pushes Emma aside and goes towards the table. The boy was unconscious and was soundly lying on the sofa. 

Alex comes close to the boy. He gently puts his arm around the boy's head and puts the boy's head on his own shoulder. Alex looks again at that face and murmurs in low tone “I’m sorry Liam. I was late.”

Alex's own hand was bleeding from the earlier fight. Emma looks at the wound. She cleans and covers it with a new bandage. During the whole treatment Alex's eyes were fixed on Liam’s innocent face. He was sleeping on Alex's arm like a baby. 

Emma looks at Alex and says in a concerned tone “He was brought by two men, who were in suits. They had left him here at the table. And when they were leaving, they gave me this package and told me to hand it over to him when he wakes up.”

Alex takes that package from Emma’s hands as she shows him it. He then picks up Liam in his arms. Alex left the bar after thanking Emma. He takes Liam in his car, starts the engine, and goes towards his home.

After reaching his apartment Alex again carefully picks up Liam and takes him inside his room. He gently lays Liam down on his bed. Alex then sits on the edge of Liam’s bed and gazes at him intently. 

Alex starts to think as he keeps looking at that face, he is innocent. Boris shouldn’t have brought him in this play. 

Alex looks at the scars left by punches on Liam’s face. He gently caresses each scar on Liam’s face. He leans towards Liam as their faces come closer to each other Alex feels warmth of Liam’s breath on his face. He came closer to Liam and started to look at Liam’s face more closely, the low light coming from the window in the darkness of the room was making Liam’s innocence reflect on his face.

Alex's chest starts to pound with an unknown emotion. Liam’s beauty was making Alex’s desires go uncontrollable. He kept leaning closer to Liam to the point that there remained only a few inches in between them. The heat surging in Alex's body makes his hands tremble. He gently places his right hand on Liam’s forehead. He goes closer to Liam’s ear and whispers gently. 

“You indeed are a piece of art. So fragile and innocent. What should I do now? I’m unable to control myself. Tell me please.” Alex whispers the words closely in Liam’s ears.