Page 199 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
“Yeah, still. Wash your hands,” Liam persisted, making Elijah smirk.
“You’re such a clean freak.”
“I don’t trust kid’s hands… or adults at that…” Liam remarked, frowning. Aunty Red raised an eyebrow as Azura skipped over to her to get her hands washed.
“I don’t even want to know what goes through that mind of yours,” she said, smiling slightly before looking around. “I love what you’ve done with the place, Raven. You have good taste.”
“Thanks,” I replied, smiling proudly.
“Is everything done now?” Uncle El asked, popping his head into the bathroom. “Nice tiles.”
“Yeah, all done. Take a look,” Liam motioned towards the two bedrooms.
Oh no, oh no…
“That’s the spare room now, didn’t really feel like taking Grandma Amy’s room as ours,” Liam added as Aunty Red opened the door.
Liam…I mumbled through the link. He glanced at me as Azura bit into her pizza, watching us with interest.Our room… uh, not in there, I, uh…I felt so flustered. Liam looked at me, concerned and confused, but at the same time, he opened the door to our bedroom, his parents standing right there as he pushed it wide open for them, his eyes on me as he raised his eyebrows questioningly.
Goddess! Kill me now!
I watched with a burning face as Aunty Red and Uncle El stared into the bedroom whilst Liam was staring at me in confusion. Goddess, that man may have brains when it came to other stuff, but he was so clueless at times!
Aunty Red chuckled, turning with a vixen-like smile on her face.
“Nice décor…” Uncle El remarked, smirking.
My face was burning, humiliation seeping into me as Liam finally glanced into the room, his eyes widening before he quickly slammed the door shut.
“So, yeah, uh, that’s it, all done,” he mumbled, running his fingers through his hair. Aunty Red smirked, crossing her arms under her breasts.
“So, I think we came at a bad time. Really, Elijah… you shouldn’t have just asked to come here. Come on, Azura, we should get going,” she said smoothly, despite the smirk that still lingered on her beautiful face.
“I eat pizza, Mama,” Azura protested.
“Yeah, um, do you guys want to eat pizza?” I asked lamely. Uncle El smirked.
“I think Liam would rather eat something else, so we should just get going. Come on, Azura,” he said cockily.
“Uncle, it’s not that funny. We all know how you and Aunty Red are,” I pouted unhappily as he smirked at me arrogantly.
“Well, we never deny that,” he replied as Azura grabbed the packet of fries.
“Thank you, Wiyam, Waven, for the food. I come for sleepover tomorrow!” She stated.
“Of course,” I said, wishing my cheeks would return to normal.
“Actually, maybe next month.” Aunty Red said, “Let’s let Liam and Raven christen the entire house first.”
I pouted unhappily, my cheeks flushed darker as they went to the door, and Aunty Red gave me a wink before she stepped out. Liam stood there, completely silent until the door shut behind the trio.
“That was, uh… interesting,” he said, dropping onto the couch as I glared at him.
“You are so clueless! I was telling you!” I complained.
“You actually didn’t say anything,” he said, wrapping his arms around my frame and pulling me into his lap, along with the blanket.
“I was trying,” I replied unhappily, grabbing a pizza slice and kicking off the blanket that was tangled around my legs. “It was supposed to be a surprise.”
