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Marko spits on my shoe. “You think I’d tell you? He’ll show up when you least expect it. After all, he has unfinished business.” He laughs darkly.
A thunder of electricity runs through me. I ball my fist so that I don’t put a bolt through his skull. Unfinished business…does he mean ending me or…?Fuck.
“Don’t mess with the Serpents or you won’t like what happens next,” Marko warns.
Not wasting a second, I punch his jaw and call for backup.
“Shut the fuck up!” I say, gritting my teeth and pushing toward our vehicles.
CHAPTER 22
SOPHIE
“So, how are things with that guy you’ve been seeing?” Mila asks as she chews on a popcorn kernel and scrolls through Netflix.
My stomach sours and guilt eats at me. I hate keeping the truth from my best friend, but I know she will be anxious, knowing Liam’s relationship perspective.
“Good. We’re just seeing each other, nothing serious.” I walk into the kitchen to avoid looking into her green eyes. We decided to have a girls’ night at my place. It’s been a while since we’ve hung out, with everything that has happened in the last couple of months between her and Dominic, then me and Liam. And now she’s an engaged woman.
“Oh, that sucks. It seems like you really like him.”
I shrug. “Kinda, but he doesn’t want more,” I admit, remembering why I came to my place that night. We had an argument. My heart said to give it more time.Maybe he will fall in love with you. But my big noggin said we were going to end up hurt.Run for your life now. The truth is, if I ran for my life, I’d miss him. I’d be heartbroken. Half of my stuff is at Liam’s place my perfume, make-up, and clothes. I had to try Mila’s set-the-mood advice with candles. Oh, boy, does it work. I thought the sex before had been mind-blowing. I had no idea. But then every moment with Liam blows my mind. Every night and every morning, whether I wake up cuddled in his arms or with his tongue between my legs.
“Earth to Sophie Summers. Pizza is here, or is she in sex heaven?” Mila’s voice rings in my ears.
I burst out laughing. “What are you talking about? Sex heaven?”
She snorts. “Been calling your name. You were staring off into space, flushing with heat.” She takes a bite of her pepperoni and jalapeño pizza. “And I do it all the time, thinking of stuff Dominic does with his tongue.”
I make a gagging noise.
“He must be good at what he does.”
Oh, she has no idea. And last night, Facetime was so damn hot. The way he was peering at me with lust in his eyes and the way he stroked his enormous shaft, soaked and wet. His biceps flexed with each stroke when he moaned my name. So. Hot.
“You’re doing it again,” Mila mumbles, walking to the sofa.
Grabbing our drinks, I follow her to the couch with heat pulsing between my legs. “So, what are Dominic and Dante up to?”
“Before I left, they were cooking together, then they planned to work on model cars. Dominic wants to teach him how to build one.” Mila’s smile stretches from ear to ear. She lets out a satisfying yawn, snuggles up on the couch, and with a gentle touch, rubs her pregnant belly.
“You’re not going to pass out on me, are you?”
Truth be told, my bestie passed out on me an hour ago after watching two episodes ofThe Night Agent.The show actually reminds me of Liam. He is on a mission tonight. I just pray it all goes well and he’s not injured. I keep my mind entertained by cleaning up the kitchen.
My phone beeps after midnight. My heart races when I see it’s Liam.
* * *
Liam:Hey, you’re probably asleep, but I just wanted to let you know the mission went well, and I’m heading back to the hotel. I’ll be back tomorrow.
My body immediately relaxes. I’d been tense the whole day just, worrying about something going wrong.
Me:I’m wide awake. I’m glad everything went well.
The bubbles immediately show he’s texting back.
Liam:Why are you wide awake? It’s two in the morning.
