Page 108 of His Sunshine Baby

I’ve caught up with reality. Nate has opened another car door for me. Now that the other car left with Nora, Boyan, and Tonia, it’s just Nate, his brother, and I left. And it’s awkward.

I jump in, trying to sit as best as I can. Yes, a car isn’t the best place for a wolf. I can’t even shape-shift, I don’t have any clothes! So annoying.

“Who is that?”

I realize his brother shape-shifted into his human form on the back seat and pulled out clothes from his bag. I can hear him changing, so I look forward.

“Mind your own business, Liam. What the fuck were you thinking? Bringing Nora back here!”

“Hey, that was the only way to find out about her clan, okay? And I warned you right away, didn’t I? Nothing happened to Damian’s precious princess, so chill.”

“This is not for you to decide!! We have half the clan trying to protect her and you fucking help her sneak out! When are you going to think before doing things like this! What if she had been injured? What if things had gone wrong with her pack, if I didn’t get there in time? Did you even stop to think about that? About Damian, too?”

I hear that boy, Liam, sigh loudly.

“You are all so overprotective over Nora. You just saw her, didn’t you? She’s an Alpha! A freaking Alpha, you can’t keep her locked up in an apartment! She spent half her life locked in a basement, see what it did to her wolf, she can’t even growl properly!”

Suddenly, I feel some movement, and the younger brother puts his head between the front seats to smile at me, ignoring his older brother.

“Hello, pretty lady! Nice to see you again!”

I see Nate roll his eyes at his younger brother, exasperated. Damn, Liam seems like an energy pill. He hands me a large, black sweater.

“You can take it to change if you want! I don’t want to leave a pretty lady naked.”

Okay, Black brother number three is rather cute. He smiles and goes back to his seat, looking away. All right, time to change, I guess. I do my best to quickly shape-shift and put on the large sweater. Damn, it’s big and covers down to my thighs, but I’m still totally naked underneath.

“Thanks, Liam,” I can finally say.

He gives me a big smile in the mirror.

“Wow, you’re even prettier in your–”

“Liam, shut up,” growls Nate.

The atmosphere in the car goes cold again with Nate’s words. He avoids looking at me, but I can tell he’s only pretending to be focused on the road.

“Why did you come, Elena?”

“To see you,” I reply right back. “You’ve been so busy.”

I made it clear the last word is sarcastic because I don’t believe him.

“As you can see, I was busy watching Nora and this idiot.”

“Hey, don’t lie to the lady when I’m right here, Nate. You only check on Nora and I once a week.”

Thanks, Liam. I glare at Nate, who’s a bit uncomfortable now. Damn, caught lying to my face.

“We’ll talk once we get back to my place,” he finally growls.

Whatever. I’m not leaving until we are done talking anyway. He drives back to his apartment, after we dropped off Liam at another one of their properties; the atmosphere was ice cold in the car. We finally reach his building and walk silently to the elevator. I don’t even care that I’m almost naked and with bare feet, his attitude is pissing me off. Ignoring me for days and now this? Seriously? What the heck is wrong with him! The elevator stops on his floor, and we walk out. Damn, that silence is getting on my nerves. My wolf is almost about to growl. Nate is about to enter his passcode when someone suddenly opens the door.

It’s a woman. Tall, pretty, and looking damn sexy in a tight black dress. She looks at him with a big sigh, but then her eyes fall on me. Who the hell is this? And what the hell is she doing at his place? She eventually ignores me to look at him.

“I was waiting for you.”

I see Nate’s eyes, going from her to me very quickly. I’m really, really tempted to fucking slap him right now.

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