I stare at the mess, angry and tongue tied. I tear my gaze away from the mess and to the entrance where she had left. For a moment I was tempted to barge out of the door and beat the living hell out of her. But then I can’t. its would be a bad impression on the guys cos I just got here.
With anger raging in me and almost at the point if loosing it, I cleaned up the mess. I wash my hands in the sink and lean against the counter, careworn.
How can she do this!. I fist my palm as I felt tears of anger burn my eyes. i suck in my breath and release it slowly. Gosh!… I hate her!. I bit my lip and thread my fingers in my hair. I can’t believe she just ruined my good mood! with just a sweep of her ugly hand!. I shook my head and bit my lips hard.
“Hey small ass” I look up to see liam saunter in.
“Hey liam” I mumble as his eyes stop on the mess.
“Damn!, isn’t that lasagna!…. who did that?” I itch my hair in frustration.
“Umm… it was a mistake liam, i … wanted to drop it on the countertop and it fell out of my hands” He arch his brows.
“You prepared this?” I sigh and nod.
“You didn’t have to!” He frown at me.
“Its nothing liam… I’m tired of sitting all day and besides I wanted to prepare food for all of us” I manage a smile as he stalks closer to me.
“You shouldn’t have…. we could just buy takeouts and eat” I shook my head.
“No liam… we won’t be eating takeouts anymore. I’ve got hands to cook…. don’t say no liam…. please?” I pout at him and he chuckles.
“Fine… whatever you like” He leans in and give me a quick kiss” I grin as he withdraw.
“I’d clean up the mess liam” I say and he nods and walk out. A small smile lingers on my lip as I watch him leave. He’s too much for me. I mean how could he fall for me when they are thousands of pretty girls out there. I shrug and my face clouds when I return my gaze back to the mess.
I sigh tiredly. She won’t spoil my fun. I suck in my breath and stare at the oven, an idea popped into my mind. I smile and walk to the cabinet. The quickest meal I can prepare is beef noodle casserole. Its gonna be quick cos I’m using the oven. I grin and flip my hair as I mentally highfive myself. She ain’t ruining my plans…. never!.
It took longer than expected but soon I had made two bowls of nicely made beef noodles. I blew out a breath and tuck back the hair that stuck to my sweaty forehead. I place my hands on the sink and try to regain my composure. I have a feeling this won’t be the last time rose would do this. Being here in the mansion with rose sounds like hell.
I widen my eyes as I hear excited voices in the living room. oh my gee!, they are here already!. I wipe my hands on a napkin and hastily go out of the kitchen. All the guys had arrived too. Sandy and Becky squeals out in surprise as I emerged.
I giggle as I hug them both.
“Damn! emmy I missed you!” Becky grins and pull me into another hug. I grin and withdraw, the other guys watching us in amusement.
“I thought something bad happened emmy!, you almost made me freak out!” Sandy pouts and tweak my ears. I laugh and we walk to a couch a little far from the other guys.
“Those guys…. ” Sandy lowers her voice to a gossipy tone.
“They are so fuckin hot” Becky completes and we laugh.
“Guys…. we’ve got a lot to talk about, but I wanna be sure no one was hurt back in the apartment” I state and they nod.
“No one emmy, Mr Alex wasn’t at home that day luckily and Nana and the rest of the neighbours just sustained minor injuries” I heave a sigh of relief as liam walks in.
“Hey!” Sandy squeals and gets off the couch pulling him into a hug while Becky waves in greeting.
“Thank you.. so much liam… you don’t know how much we are grateful for keeping her safe” Sandy says as she withdraw. He chuckles.
“I owe her more than that you don’t have to worry about that” He gives me a brief glance as he talks.
“Umm…. guys I prepared food for everyone” I get off the couch as they look at me.
“You cooked?” One of the guys drake asks. I chuckle.
“Yeah I did…. you could help me set the table why I get it.”
“Woah!….” Sounds like fun. Josh grins and rubs his tummy. I smile at them and they look surprised, probably because they didn’t expect homemade food.
Josh scrambles up and heed to the dining table.
“I’d just go get it guys” I tell sandy and Becky.
“let’s help you out” Sandy says and they get off the couch. Liam eyes never left me as I walked back to the kitchen, sandy and becky trailing behind.
“Fuck!…. emmy this house looks a thousand year old” Becky says as they walk in. I chuckle and move to the counter.
“Yeah… but it’s nice, and super huge” I state cheerfully.
“Guys… I prepared your special meal lasagna… but all of it spilled to the floor courtesy of a witch that lives here!” I blurt out and lean against it as sandy takes plates out.
“A witch!.. this house is haunted?” Becky asks in alarm as she looks around like the witch could appear anytime. I palm myself and laugh.
“No Becky… I mean a human witch…. Liam’s doll girlfriend” I roll my eyes as they pause.
“He’s got a girlfriend?” Sandy widens her eyes. I itch my hair and shrug.
“Don’t know… but they don’t look like they are dating… she hates me with every fibre of her being jeez!, she came in here just after I prepared lasagna and she gave me an earful before wickedly tossing the bowls of food off the counter”
“What the heck!” Becky blurts out angry as she fists her palm.
“She’s a bitch why the fuck would she do that!” Sandy says as she arch her brows.
“Guys… calm down okay… I can pull that off” I grin and grab a bowl. Becky stares at me in disbelief.
“Really emmy you’re gonna let that bitch get away with this!…. why didn’t you tell liam anyways!” I sigh and shook my head.
“Becky…. I can’t possibly do that!, I just got here remember. I shouldn’t be fighting with any one come on guys I’m cool alright?” They exchange looks before shrugging reluctantly. I grin widely.
“Okay guys come on who’s ready for this” I raise the casserole dish at them as Becky smack her lips
“Ever ready girlfriend” She wink and grab the second casserole dish as we laugh.
•••••
Sandy and Becky sit on the couches in the large room while I sit on the bed. Josh had shown us round the mansion. Jeez how could liam get something so huge!, all for a hideout. I shake my head.
“Did you see her lashes, they are fake!” Becky blurts out cutting into my stream of thoughts.
“They sure are Becky, what do you expect from a bitchy girl like her?” Sandy rolls her eyes as they laugh. I mentally palm myself. These two! Sandy and Becky almost let hell loose at rose. Thank goodness I was able to nudge them in warning during lunch. Its gonna look bad. They shouldn’t start a fight, they came for visiting, not for way
“Guys!… you’ve been talking about her for close to an hour! can’t you just drop it!” I stated bemusedly.
“I can’t just help it emmy!, I hate her guts did you see the way she glared at us, fuck I wish i had gorge out her ugly eyes” My lips twitch in amusement.
“Sandy… how’s Dylan” I raise my voice above hers a bit as she stops. Yeah, that’s only what can snap her out of her blabberings. She flip her hair as her cheeks redden.
“He’s good emmy…. he and harry sends their greetings” I chuckle lowly, glad they’re back together now.
“Does…. harry know?” I ask after a pause. Sandy gets off the couch and sits on the bed beside me.
“Yeah… he does, but you can count on him okay?” She holds my palm in hers as Becky nods in confirmation. I blink my eyes at them. Good God, Dylan now harry, u wouldn’t be surprise if everyone in Boston knows I’m with the criminal.
“Okay guys I trust Becky would make sure of that” I shrug and withdraw my hands from Sandy’s.
“How about madam Chloe… she isn’t gonna like the fact that you skipped work today you know?” They exchange looks before bursting into laughter.
“She knows there was a bomb blast emmy!, she was damn worried, Nick was worse off….” I bit my lips hard.
“They know!” I mutter as I suck on my lower lip.
“Jeez….. it’s was a bomb blast… and it was all over the net definitely that sort of thing wouldn’t be a quiet issue” Becky says and I blew out my breath.. No this ain’t happening. They notice my discomfort and sandy sighs.
“Look emmy, drop that oldie look on your face so you don’t get all wrinkled… stop blaming yourself for what happened… it was bound too okay!” Sandy scolds gently and I blink before nodding.
“It just looks like I’m out of the world guys, no phone and the mansion hasn’t got a fuckin TV set!” I groan and lie on the bed, placing a pillow over my face as they laugh.
Liam’s pov
I stride quickly to the room and get in as the other guys go quiet. They were clustered around a large table. A map and some pins on the table. I move to the front and place my hands on it looking at them intently. Rose folds her arm and leans against the wall, I’m very sure she wouldn’t concentrate on this and would be staring at my trousers, bitch!.
“Listen up guys” I roam my eyes around the room as they stared right back at me.
“You know how things are right now. The cops are intensifying their search and we are running out of time. Black predators would stop at nothing to get me, and it’s never gonna happen, I won’t let that happen” I pause as I let my words sink in.
“I want all this to be over soon, I need to get the fuck out of this town….. but not after I take down all those assholes after my life” I need to get over this. I’ve found what I was looking for, there was no need hiding. Ryan stares at me through the lid of the laptop in front of him and gives me a thumbs up.
“Paige…. I was able to track all thier location, except the main location” Ryan says as he types away.
“We’ve almost run out of ammunitions Paige…. its helluva task to restock. Drake the leader of the gang I managed to gather states.
“Leave that to me guys….” Rose gets off the wall and amble towards us.
“I know of an old hag who knows the dirty business, he’d be able to help us” I give her a glance and nod.
“You sure he’s genuine?” She chuckles and nod.
“He wouldn’t dare mess with me…. I’d blow out his brains if he does”.
“Good… Drake is gonna accompany you… pay him whatever he wants, we need extra too” She nods and bit her lips as she stares at me. I groan internally.
“Josh… you’re gonna assist Ryan, I want you to get their main location. Make sure your findings are accurate understood?”
“Yeah boss” Josh mumbles in reply. I nod and straighten up.
“The rest of you be at alert, if anyone needs backup… provide one” They nod in reply.
“Goodnight everyone” I gave them a final look before walking out of the room. Months ago I didn’t want this. I wanted peace and quiet, but things never works out the way we expect. The bastards trailed me down here. I’m left with no other option than to fight back. It’s fuckin annoying. What I was running for seem to be at my front. I sigh and go up the stairs. I stride to the room we occupy and step in . The lights were still on and she was standing at the large window. I smirk and walk amble towards her, wrapping my arms around her from behind and lean in as I kiss the spot behind her ears.
“Liam…” She voice out lowly and I turn her to meet my gaze.
“You good?…” I whisper lowly and took her lips in mine. She wraps her arm tentatively around my neck and kissed back. I slowly tease her tongue with mine as she gasp out a quiet moan.
“I missed you… I mutter against her mouth as her slow breathe brushes my skin.
“But I’ve been here all day” She roll her eyes and withdraw. I chuckle as I stand beside her and we watch the night life below.
“Your friends made it seem you weren’t… are they always that way?” I ask in amusement and she chuckles.
“Always what way?” Her tone was teasing.
“Carefree… they don’t give a shit about what happens next, it’s like it’s only the three of you sometimes…. that’s fun you know… having to do anything you want” I ran my tongue across my lip and she shrugs.
“They’ve always been that way liam… I had no option than to go with the flow” I chuckle and we go silent. A million thoughts brainstorming my mind. She’s the one I’ve come to fall in love with, something I thought would never happen again. What if all these ends, would she stick to me?. I don’t want her out of my sight, but her decision matters a lot.
“You seem lost liam… what’s on your mind” She pokes me gently and I stare down at her, her hair framing her face.
“I was thinking small ass” I cup her cheeks as I stare down at her.
“If I decided to leave Boston…. are you gonna come with me” I search her gaze for answers. She stare up at me and bit her lips. My face goes taut cos I know this look… she wasn’t gonna come along. I blew out a breath and run my fingers through my hair tearing my gaze away from her… dammit!