𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 & 𝙻𝚒𝚎𝚜 ||𝙳.𝙼 𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌||

Chapter 90 - The Veracity

I fluttered my eyes open, but the light was too much. I shut my eyes again. I sighed but felt a lot of pain in my body. I tried to open my eyes again, failing miserably. But lastly, after 3 tries, I adjusted myself to the light. I groaned and a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around me.

Those arms that were strong enough to hold every fear, every beautiful broken piece of me. This man, oh, this man, doesn't just make me feel complete, he completes me. Without him, I am nothing and without me, he is nothing.

But then I realized what he said to me yesterday night. I pushed him away and looked at him. His clothes were torn, dirt all over him, his lip was bleeding, he had a few cuts on his body. I furrowed my eyebrows at him and looked around.

Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Blaise, Daphne, Theo and Pansy, everyone looked like that.

They looked like they fought a battle. I looked around and they were smiling, widely. Honestly, they looked like idiots.

Draco hugged me again, more tightly than before. I pushed him, again and said, "What are you doing? Get your hands off of me"

"What are- Why are you guys grinning like idiots and what happened to you?" I said as I looked around.

Draco was about to speak, but I shut him up, "No, not a word from you. And what are you even doing here?" I said shaking my head. He looked hurt, not because of the war? I don't know what they did. He looked hurt from my words.

"Darling-"

"Montgomery. You lost the privilege of calling me darling last night" I cut him off and Hermione cleared her throat.

"Liv, you have been out for two weeks" she said and I widened my eyes.

"Tw-two weeks? What happened?" I asked breathing heavily. How the hell can I not remember two whole weeks?

"We were-"

"Didn't I make myself clear? Not a word from you" I said when Draco started speaking.

"Liv, listen to Draco, he has been dying to talk-" Hermione said but I cut her off.

"Draco? Since when do you call him Draco?" I said in disbelief. I wasn't jealous, Hermione loves Ron too much, so does Ron. I was just shocked.

"Please, listen to me, darling" Draco begged and I looked at him. My eyes met his eyes. I couldn't help but let my hand cupped his cheek and let my finger run over his lip. The minute my hand cupped his cheek, closing his eyes, he leaned into the touch and sighed in relief. He shifted his face a little and held my hand in his. He placed a soft kiss on them. I smiled with tears in my eyes. I don't know what happened but he was hurt, and by the looks everyone was hurt because of me.

"Go on" I said my voice breaking.

He let a deep breath out and held my hands in his, "I know who tried to kill you"

"It was Astoria Greengrass" Ron added angrily. I looked at Daphne but she was already shooting me an apologetic look.

"I was walking to the hospital wing that day, when I heard her. She was angry, that our arrangement made her arrangement annulled, so she made it her personal mission to destroy you, to make me hate you. I didn't do anything, I mean I could protect you, no matter what, I promised. So, I decided I would keep you close, that way I could protect you" he said and I pulled my hand away. He left me alone. Even after he promised he did.

"When I overheard her, all I wanted was to kill her, or-or hex her, for hurting you, for almost killing you but Daph stopped me" he added and I looked at her.