Filed to story: Claimed by My Ex’s Alpha Brother
“He said he was running around chasing after Goose and wasn’t looking where he was going. He didn’t know he had been close to the pool,” I replied.
Liam sighed.
“Tonight could have been so much worse. I don’t even want to think about what could have happened if he tripped and hit his head on the concrete…” His voice was thick with worry.
“You’ll drive yourself insane if you think about everything that could go wrong,” I warned him. “It makes you never want to let him leave the house.”
“When I think about the possible dangers, it makes me want to never let him leave this room.”
“Welcome to being a parent,” I said dryly.
Without even thinking about it, I leaned back and rested against him, like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Liam froze for a moment, then hugged me from behind.
“We should, um, let him get some sleep,” I said and softly closed Grayson’s door.
When I stepped out of his embrace, my body screamed at me in protest. I still didn’t know if I wanted to pursue anything with him. My issues with trusting him hadn’t changed overnight. And it also seemed silly to think about these things when our son could have been seriously injured tonight, my father was in a life-threatening coma, and we still had Noah and the Rogue threat to worry about.
But trying not to think about Liam and our connection was impossible. My love for him had grown tonight as I watched him save Grayson, but could I really give my heart to a man I didn’t fully trust with it? Would he hurt me again for the sake of “protecting” me?
“Would you like a drink?” Liam murmured. “There’s a bar cart in my office.”
I knew I should just go to my room and go to bed. But I wasn’t ready to say goodnight to him yet.
We held hands on the way to his office, his thumb tracing comforting circles on the back of my hand.
My legs trembled when I stepped into his dimly lit office. Memories from last night made my heart rate rise, and when my eyes landed on his wooden desk, I almost let out a moan. He only had two monitors still, and I bit my lip when I recalled how the other had smashed to the ground.
Liam strode over to the bar cart and began to rummage around.
When I closed the door with a small click, his back stiffened. Seeing his shoulder muscles in a tight black shirt made my thighs clench. I needed to relieve this ache inside of me.
I want this man.
But was it smart to have him?
Damn, I wished I could just turn my brain off for one night.
“Does a Moscow Mule sound good?” Liam asked.
“Uh, I’ve never had one before,” I admitted. “Whatever you’re having is fine.”
While he prepared our drinks, I looked at the spines of the many books he had displayed on the shelves.
“How many of these have you actually read?” I asked in a teasing tone.
His lips twitched as he cut up a lime.
“Probably two or three,” he admitted.
I smiled at his honesty.
Liam poured our drinks into fancy copper mugs. When he handed me mine, our fingers brushed, and I let out an embarrassing gasp, my cheeks heating.
His green eyes darkened with desire, and he glanced at his desk behind me.
“What’s in this?” I asked to try to distract myself from the intense need pulsing through me.
“Vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer,” he said, and took a sip of his.
Tentatively, I did the same.
“Oh, that’s delicious,” I said and grinned.
The drink was sweet, refreshing, but had a little bit of a kick from the ginger.
Liam took a long pull from his cup and then licked his lips.
My mouth went dry.
“This drink tastes like you,” he muttered, his deep voice even lower than usual.
My eyes went wide.
“W-what?”
He took a step closer to me.
“This drink tastes like you, Ella. Exactly as you described.” He took another long sip. “Sweet, refreshing, and with a little kick to it.” He took another mouthful and finished off his drink. “On second thought, you taste better.”
“I-I do?”
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