Chapter 8 Cecilia said , " Jayce's feelings for you are sincere , Mimi . He's someone that we had personally picked out for you , and our tastes are never wrong ." I nodded . I'd personally seen Jayce's attentiveness and consideration toward me the entire way home . However , I recalled that Liam and Vivi were getting engaged today . While they received everyone's blessings and praise , I was slandered as the thief who'd stolen a necklace . In the end , I chose to tell my parents about my relationship with Liam . Liam pursued my affections in university , and we chose to be together before we'd even graduated . I'd heard a little about the fact that he had a childhood friend , but I hadn't taken it to heart as I'd never seen Vivi with him . Liam had a crystal ball ornament on his desk . Once , when I'd accidentally touched it when I was tidying up his room , he'd actually shot up from his seat and pushed me away . " Don't ever enter my study again . You're not allowed to touch anything in my room again ! " Back then , Liam had spoken to me with a dark expression on his face . Yet , when he turned to hold up the crystal ball , his eyes had been filled with infinite tenderness . He'd shoved me to the floor . When I looked up at him , I unintentionally caught sight of the inscription carved into the base of the crystal ball- " From : Vivi " . I thought back to the rather platonic love that Liam and I had shared over the past six years . Liam would say he liked me very much every time , but he would only ever go as far as staring at my lips and holding my hand . Other than when we hugged , he never touched me and was even stingy with kisses . When I asked him why he didn't have the impulses that men and women in a relationship usually had , he simply replied , " My parents are rather old - fashioned in their thinking , and we're currently only at the dating stage . " We can only do those things once we've seriously begun to discuss marriage . This is also a sign of my love for you . " I'd been greatly moved to hear that back then and became even more resolved to be with Liam . In fact , I'd actually run away from home and rejected the marriage my parents had arranged for me . Now that Vivi had returned from abroad , everything had become clear to me . It turned out Liam had been saving himself for Vivi all this time . When Liam had gotten drunk late at night , I'd also once heard him muttering about how I was more insignificant than a hair on Vivi's head . I'd assumed it was just part of his drunken ramblings and hadn't paid it much attention at the time . However , I completely understood my place in our relationship now . Those drunken complaints in the middle of the night had probably been heartfelt