I keep my eyes on the kittens.
“Sage, I promise you I will snap their necks in an instant if you’re lying to me.Did youtake your medicine?”
“You don’t have to be so violent.”
He turns to the man, and I blurt out the truth. “I’m sorry! I forgot that I switched purses and didn’t transfer all of my things.”
He lets out an annoyed breath as he watches me, and if looks could kill, I think I’d die faster than these allergies are killing me.
“Jesus Christ, Dory.”
I smile up at him, but he doesn’t look pleased.
“Let’s go.” He walks ahead before I can respond, and I follow after him with a smile plastered on my face.
I sneeze three times before we even walk out, and my eyes begin to blur from how watery they get, but it doesn’t bother me. Liam opens the back seat and places the cats down as he shakes his head at something.
When he turns to face me, I’m already watching him with a smile. His eyes roam my face, and he shakes his head again. “You look like you can barely see.”
“I can see how happy you are to have three new kittens.” I turn my head to the side as I look up at him.
“So you can’t see.” He nods once and opens the passenger door for me. “Get in and don’t touch them.”
I walk over to him and look up with an even bigger smile. “Thank you for taking them.”
“You’re a damn headache and ahalf.” He shakes his head, and he looks very upset, but my smile doesn’t falter.
“Thankyou,” I voice again for the kittens. He doesn’t answer me, and his cold expression doesn’t falter, but I get on my tippy toes to plant a kiss on his lips. He kisses me back firmly before literally pushing me into his car and slamming the door.
I think he’s mad, but Iknowthese kittens won’t be put down, so it’s worth his anger. I look at myself in the mirror, and my eyes widen at my reflection. I don’t feel as bad as I look, but my eyes are almost swollen shut, and I have hives on my cheeks and neck. I turn around to look at the babies, and when one of them yawns, I decide it was definitely worth it.
Liam climbs in, and I hum to the music as he speeds down the street.
“Can you breathe alright?”
“Yeah.” I look over at him to find him already watching me, and he looks so disappointed about something.
“You’re a headache, you know that?”
“You’ve mentioned it.” When I smile, he rolls his eyes at me and looks back at the road. He ends up putting all the windows down when I don’t stop sneezing.
I’m scratching my neck when he turns my face towards him. “Are yousureyou can breathe?”
“Yes, Liam.”
He looks between my eyes, and I feel myself smiling.
“Aw, are you worried about me?”
His hand drops from my face, and he turns back to the road.
“I’d have to care to worry, and I don’t.” He sounds bored of the topic at hand, but I don’t let his lies get to me. “Police reports are long, remember?”
“Don’t lie to me, Liam Les-”
“Stopcalling me that, Dory.”
I break into a laugh, but I start sneezing again. Liam leans forward for the glove compartment and hands me some tissue.
