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“The fuck you doing here?”
From the way Kieran’s chest was pitching, I had a feeling he was forcing himself to stay in control.
Funny, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt him shake.
“Is Lily here?”
Dare stepped closer toward us, blocking entrance into his house, his dark eyes narrowing. “I asked what the fuck you’re doing here.”
Kieran was silent for a long time, and for a second, I thought he was going to give up on what he’d already almost talked himself out of so many times.
“This is important, I need to talk to her. And you.”
“It’s all over the news about Holloway. There’s nothing to talk about.” Dare stepped back and reached for the door, but Kieran dropped my hand and lunged forward, stopping him from shutting it.
“You screwed me at the eleventh hour,” he seethed. “Now you’re going to let me in here so you can know what that betrayal cost me. Or I’ll wait until Lily’s at Brooks, and I’ll tell her there.”
Dare ground his jaw, his eyes darting from Kieran to me before he took a step back and held the door open.
Kieran glanced over his shoulder and reached for me, waiting until my hand was secured in his before he stole into the house.
We hadn’t made it more than a handful of feet before we came to an abrupt stop.
When I looked ahead, there she was.
The girl I’d seen more times than I could count, but didn’t know.
The girl who was supposed to be standing where I stood but didn’t belong there.
And she was staring at me with open fascination and shock, as though she never thought she’d see someone at Kieran’s side. And was maybe a little relieved she was.
I gripped Kieran’s hand tighter and looked up at him. His eyes were locked on Lily’s rounding belly.
“You can stop looking,” Dare growled as he passed us.
Kieran blinked quickly, his stare going to Dare and then me. He cleared his throat and said, “This is Jessica.”
“And she is?” Dare asked slowly.
“Mine,” Kieran said in a low, lethal tone.
Dare huffed in amusement. Lily blinked slowly, as if she couldn’t believe what she was seeing and hearing.
“You should sit,” Kieran said.
“We’re fine,” Dare replied and rubbed a hand along Lily’s back.
“You should fucking sit.”
Being in the room with them, it was hard to imagine they’d ever worked together.
Then again, the girl standing across from me could change a lot.
Lily looked at Dare and whispered something, and he reluctantly led her away.
We followed them into a living room, but Kieran stopped in the center of it, away from any chairs or couches.
When Dare gave him a frustrated look, Kieran said, “I don’t want to be here longer than we have to.”
