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“For being a mean jerk! I wasn’t that bad at studies; I just didn’t bother…”
“Exactly,” I smirked. She rolled her eyes.
“Well, we can’t always be an A-star Westwood kid,” she said, batting her lashes before laughing. “School… damn, I remember how all the girls would be googly-eyed over you, but you never paid them attention.”
“Because my eyes were on someone else,” I said huskily, placing my hand on her thigh. I loved how the blush coated her cheeks. The things she did to me…
I didn’t get how I could love someone so fucking deeply, wanting to respect them and care for them, yet at the same time, I kept thinking explicitly about her and all the dirty things I wanted to do to her. Guess it went hand in hand, right?
“Eyes up here, Blue Eyes,” she said, and I realised I was staring at her thighs.
“Have I ever told you that I love your thighs?”And that I want to kiss every inch of them before I devour you?
She blushed, getting all nervous again, before pressing her legs together and tugging on her nightshirt, only resulting in straining it against her breasts.Yeah, love, I love that, too; carry on.
“Umm, I always found them kind of chunky compared to the rest of me,” she admitted, unable to look into my eyes. She sure was amusing.
“Perfect legs to have wrapped around me,” I remarked, ghosting my fingers up her thigh. She bit her lip, trying to not let it get to her and failing as she sighed softly. She slowly looked up and stared at me.
“Liam... there’s something I need to tell you.”
“Go for it,” I said, not stopping my teasing until she swatted my hand away.
“This is serious,” she pouted.
“Go on.”
She took a deep breath, making me frown in concern. What was it?
“A year after the Blood Moon, remember you said you got drunk and you ended up kissing a girl, thinking it was me?” A flash of guilt rushed through me, and I clenched my jaw, feeling fucking terrible.
“Yeah…” Where was this going? She tilted her head, looking at me with a sad look in her eyes.
“It was me. You kissed me that night,” she whispered, making my eyes fly open in shock.What?
I tilted my head, sitting up slowly. A hundred thoughts were rushing through my mind. That made sense… fuck, it wasn’t just the drugs messing with me. It had actually been Raven…
“Why were you there?” I asked, staring into her alluring eyes.
“Aunty had some pack work to attend to, so I went, but the Blood Moon was always a painful reminder of that night, so I got away and got drunk,” she whispered.
“Thank the Goddess,” I murmured, pulling her into my arms, feeling a huge weight lifted off of me.
I didn’t fucking betray her.
She curled into my lap, her hand on my heart as she tilted her head up to look at me.
“Liam… why did you just leave if you cared so much?”
“I thought… if I stayed, I’d just cause more issues. I thought you didn’t want to talk, so maybe if I was gone, you two would get it over with and mate. When I learnt you left, I was fucking tempted to try again, but my ego and anger were stronger... so I refused, instead focusing on my training,” I said quietly. She looked up at me, her eyes saddening.
“I wouldn’t be complete without you, Liam,” she said softly, her eyes strong with emotions.
“And Damon?”
She fell silent, confusion riddling her. My heart clenched. Just when I was about to feel like I wasn’t enough, she looked at me with sadness and longing in her eyes.
“You are and always will be my first love,” she whispered, a single tear trickling down her cheek.
