Page 25 of Captivated By You
“We’ll see.” Swinging out his arm, he gestured for me to lead the way. I stepped toward the stairs but he stopped me when I placed a hand on the railing. “I was trying to let it go. Planned on it.”
Oh…I felt that ‘but’ coming before he spoke it.
“But I gotta tell you, sweetheart. I really fuckin’ like that you saw me doing what I was doing earlier, especially since I was thinking of you while I was doing it.”
I gasped. I’d been mid-step as he spoke and I missed the step completely, wobbling as I gained my firm footing.
Who was I kidding? I wasn’t on firm anything. I was sinking.
In Liam.
I refused to show it.
Behind me, a soft chuckle fell over me, and I straightened my shoulders and spine.
“We need to talk.”
“Sure. As long as you realize for the next year you’re mine and nothing you’ll say will change that, I’m all for talking.”
I headed up the stairs, pretending I couldn’t feel his eyes glued to my backside the entire way.
