the situation from what’s happening with the police, I can’t help but speak the truth. “And now, I work extra hard to make sure that no one knows where I live.”
“Well damn,” Liam whistles, looking thoroughly amused.
“But Mia, we talked about this. I thought you were okay with this.”
“I only moved in because you gave me no choice!” She looks sad now, but I keep going. “She was my mother before all this. I’d have laid my life down for her and now she’s my aunt and you threw me away. I’m a glutton for punishment, and I think I’m going mad. Dad hasn’t bothered to call and everything at school blew up in my face.”
“Mia, I never meant to hurt you, sweetheart,” she starts, tears running down her cheeks.
Can this fucked up day end?
“I never believed that you would but, you did.”
“Mia,”
“I know what you want. I know you want to talk, but I’m not ready for that right now.”
She nods, her hand covering her mouth. Too much water works, dramatics and over the feelings all over the place. With that, I leave the room, passing a smirking Liam and an impassive looking Julian who I know is still made about the kiss from earlier but whatever.
“Mia, fucking Mia!” Liam whistles, pushing my door open like he owns the place.
“Liam!” I yell then duck back into the closet.
“Oops,” he laughs his signature hyena laugh, like walking in MY room while I’m half naked is a comedy show!
“Knock much?” I growl. It’s been hours since the clever thing I did with Julian in front of Nicky and I’m now suffering the shock of what I did. But am I going to let the world know how shaken I am? No.
Is Julian fucking pissed at me for using him when he explicitly warned me that he wasn’t my sex doll to use whenever I wanted? Yes.
Would I do it again just to see the fucking look of shock on Nicky’s face? Abso-freaking-lutely.
“Well, you should lock your door.” Liam says, his voice louder. “Besides I’ve seen your tits before. They’re fantastic.”
“I did lock my door, you jerk!” I scramble to wear the skinny jeans I had in my hands when he just barged in.
“Oh yeah, it was locked.”
“That’s the international sign for you to fucking stay out knock like a normal human being, then wait to be granted entrance.” I groan, then steamroll out of the closet.
“What’s the use of a key then?”
“That key isn’t even yours,” I snap.
“Whoa,” Liam starts, watching me. “I can see the smoke coming from your ears. Are you mad at me or at yourself?”
I don’t say anything for a minute, walking into my bathroom so I can put my make-up on.
“You can ignore me all you want but I think I hit the nail on the head,” he says, making himself comfortable on my bed.
“You don’t respect people’s boundaries.” I mumble. “That’s your problem.”
He flips onto his back as he laughs. “Come on cupcake, I’ve got a million problems, you know that, but none of them get on your nerves as much as the cops coming for you.”
“Yeah well, they didn’t come accusing you of attempting to kill someone did they?”
“I’ve been accused of a lot of shitty things my whole life, but I never blamed it on someone else.”
I deadpan.
“Is that why you’re here? To bitch about this not being your fault?”
Seriously?
“Well, you’re right, it is our fault, but you’re equally to blame.”
“Excuse moi?”
“Fuck cupcake, I love it when you speak French to me.”
“Liam!” Oh my God “What do you want?”
“To talk about your outing your crush on the devil in front of your trashcan mother.”
I almost fall over when he says that.
“Good God, Liam, there’s something seriously wrong with you,” I shake my head. “And I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Nope, you do.”
“I don’t…” I stutter, not knowing what to say. “I don’t have a crush on Julian.”
“No, you don’t,” he agrees like a good little boy and I frown.
“You agree?”
“Well yeah,” he starts, then sits up looking at me, a light in his eyes. “You fucking burn for the guy!”
“Liam!” I groan. I can’t believe we’re having this conversation. “Life’s too fucking messed up for us to be talking about imaginary shit that won’t ever happen.”
“But it did happen in front of everyone!” Liam laughs. “You kissed him, cupcake!”
I know! And he hates me for it!
“It was a hot, steamy, ‘I want to hump you right here, right now’ kind of kiss.”
“Liam,