ELLA’S POV “You should have seen how jealous Ava looked when I showed her Liam’s text. I could tell she wanted to pounce on me so I quickly got out of there. But not before shooting her a final “I told you so” glance,” I said. Monica laughed out loud. She couldn’t get enough of my retelling. I w
I don’t know how it was possible, but Liam deepened his kiss as he placed his other hand on my lower back. I’d thought that the feelings that were coursing through me were from Liam and I mate bonding. But… what if I was wrong. Maybe what I was feeling was normal. Well, not normal, I knew what a n
LIAM’S POV My body pulsed as Ella traced her hand down the length of my body. “I want you to take me…home. Now.” Something within me roared. She looked so hot, her eye lids hooded. Desire burned from every inch of her. “Please, Liam, take me back to your place,” Ella whimpered. That was all
“You want to know where mine and Noah’s favorite date spots used to be?” I asked, surprised by Liam’s questions. I hadn’t imagined that when he asked me to stay, he would want to talk about my history with Noah. “I didn’t ask that question because I care about Noah,” Liam said, annoyance crawling
“You really want to take me to Mountain Spring Resort,” I said, still looking at Liam in shock. “Yeah, I want to take you there. That is if you want to come with me.” Liam looked into my face. I frowned, “When you asked me what my favorite date spot with Noah was, I thought we were having a theo
You had got to be kidding me. I was hoping Liam hadn’t seen me in my room, hadn’t seen me staring right into his room, but clearly, I was wrong. Again, Liam tapped on my glass, this time a little harder. I pretended not to hear. I thought he would stop if I didn’t respond but Liam just went on tap
Liam paused, not saying anything for a second. Then, “I decided to take the class because I knew someone was planning to take it too.” The way Liam had suddenly gone all weird and silent told me that he had signed up for our history class because of another girl. Annoyance rose up in me. Who was t
Mom and I ended up watching one of her favorite romantic comedy movies from the 50’s, this movie with Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Throughout the entire movie, I tried not to think about Liam. But it was so hard not to. Even though Liam and I had grown up as next-door neighbors, and I had someti
But that chance was almost taken from me tonight. Had we not gone to see him, the man would have been dead. I can’t let Ella’s mother face the same fate. It needs to stop. All of it. “Alright,” I said firmly. I reached down to grasp Ella’s hand. “I know I kept saying that we needed to wait unti
The car ride back to campus was kept in complete silence. What was there to say? Aaron had been brutally attacked by his own wife and was basically left there to bleed out...That, in itself, was proof that Cecilia had truly lost her mind. What’s even scarier was that apparently, she’s lost contr
They narrowed their eyes. “Well, see about that.” “I just had a very bizarre meeting with Cecilia.” All the blood drained from their faces. Their jaws had all collectively hit the ground and I was certain one of them was going to shout. Liam growled under his breath. “...Ella.” I urged the
I had to do my best to not show fear. The very thought of my mom being put at risk over something that had nothing to do with her was enough to cause my anger and stress levels to rise. I fought to keep my voice as even as possible even though I wanted nothing more than to hurl myself over the t
It didn’t seem like Cecilia was the type to give up. Aaron had certainly warned us all enough times that the woman wasn’t to be underestimated. Yet, it seemed like she had dropped off the face of the earth. With something as big as the Winslow name and reputation at stake, there was no way that sh
[Arthur’s POV] I stared back at the man who, for the better part of my life, was never really present. I suppose in a way, Aaron was just as much absent in my life as he was for Liam. I hadn’t ever really considered that we shared something so personal in common. Something in my gut was tellin
Liam shook his head. “None whatsoever,” he stated. “I told Aaron that my true interests lie in professional hockey.” Wow. Why had I always thought that Liam wanted the title the same way I thought that I wanted it? Then again, it took me a long time to realize that I didn’t much want the positio
[Arthur’s POV] I was stunned. It wasn’t often that I ever found myself at a loss for words. But the statement Ella had just said was nearly enough to knock the very air from my lungs. Surely she wasn’t being serious... In those few seconds in which she’d spoken and all the air had collective
[Ella’s POV] Today was the day in which the hospital finally cleared Liam to leave. He was allowed to return to campus and resume his usual schedule while keeping his physical activity limited. He still needed to be mindful of certain things like carrying too much weight and overextending himsel