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“I have neither seen nor spoken to him since you and I left him yesterday”

Really

She did shake her head then And didn’t feel light-headed Justconfused “I don’t understand Are you back on the disowned list?”

“I have no idea Which is why I need you So, but I need help A lawyer You’re the only one I can trust”

“Why not call your father? You need to call him, Liam He needs you You just have to be the one to capitulate You know that”

He shook his head And, strangely, didn’t look all that devastated Determined was more like it

And kind ofno, quitehandsome

She sat up Unsure where that thought had coeous As every one of the twenty or so woe and since had been quick to attest

His handsoht about, the way she didn’t think about the air she breathed It was just there Normal Until that moment

Lia up to his father, but standing up for himself

He was treating her differently, too And she had no idea what any of it meant

She knehat it couldn’t h Whether she noticed how handsome he was or not, Liam would never be more than a very close, very dear friend to her Not only did they come from completely different worlds, not only was he a self-professed lover of wo happy with just one for the rest of his life, he was, most importantly, family to her To her and Marie Their threesome was sacred And completely platonic

“My father is the reason George won’t speak with ers steepled in front of hiave orders to haveif necessary”

“Before, maybe, but not now Not since yesterday”

“Since last night According to George, my father emphasized the mandate in the car on the way home He said I’m not to be trusted”