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“I am sorry that you felt that you needed to do such a thing to begin with,” Tess told Anna. All four of them stood inside her house, pretty much right where they’d been just two days ago. “I didn’t realize how much pressure I was putting on you. I’ll help you any way I can, of course.”
“Thank you,” Anna said, relief flooding her features. Its flow reversed as she glanced toward her unusually taciturn roommate. “And you, Avril? How do you feel about all of this?”
Avril’s gaze slid to him. Liam had no idea as to how she was about to respond. He just hoped that if she were livid with his deception, she wouldn’t take it out on Anna.
“Nah, I’m not mad,” she said, continuing to stare directly at him.
Funny way of showing it,he thought.
“You pulled one over on me, and I’m a good sport. I’m not pissed over something like that.”
Liam provided a speck of a nod as his way of sharing that he understood that she was speaking to him more than Anna. Afterward, Avril’s emerald stare reaffixed to Anna.
“But I do want to get something straight. So, you two arenowpretending to date. Because that blond cocksucker and your dad now know about it.”
“That’s right,” Anna hesitantly explained. “Liam and I talked it over, and for right now, that’s what we’re opting for.”
“But you’re notactuallydating?”
“W-Well, no. We’ve never been actually dating.” Confusion etched itself upon Anna’s face. Liam and Tess wore similar expressions. It was an odd thing to highlight.
“All right,” the redhead said. “Good.”
“Good?”
But Anna didn’t get an answer. Avril hopped to her feet. At first, it seemed as though she were about to stomp out of the house, which would have put serious strain on her proclamation that she wasn’t upset.
She didn’t head for the door. Her goal was several steps closer.
Liam’s confused look never had a chance to end before Avril reached him.
Before, in perfect view of AnnaandTess, she shoved her lips against his.
He heard a gasp, but he couldn’t tell from which of the two other women it might have come from. Hell, it could have beenhis.All he knew for the brief seconds her lips mashed against his was three hundred million volts of shock. His own personal lightning bolt, delivered by a sultry redhead’s soft lips.
Avril yanked her lips away from his. Her eyes glinted with some unknown stratagem, but he was far too stupefied to possess even a single chance of understanding why she’d just done what she did.
And then, she turned around to the other two stunned individuals in the room. She had only a single word to explain her insane actions.
“Dibs.”
