Killer Betrayals

Killer Betrayals chapter 19

Anna’s POV

“What’s going on?”

Snapping my head back and feeling slightly dazed it took a moment for my brain to kick in.  I saw Reece storming off seconds before I heard the door slam shut and an engine rev to life. 

“Anna, are you okay?” Liam asked before coming over and cradling my cheek in his palm. 

For once I was angry at being interrupted.  What was he doing here anyways?

“Liam, what are you doing here?” I asked warily.  I knew it would have been a bad idea to kiss Reece again, but I couldn’t help but not care at the moment.  I was getting tired of fighting against the attraction I felt towards him.

‘Snap out of it Anna, he’s engaged,’ my mind whispered causing me to scowl.  Why couldn’t my brain just shut the hell up? 

“I was just checking up on my favorite girl,” he said grinning and pulling me into a hug.  Wrapping my arms around his waist I leaned my head against his shoulder.  Why couldn’t it be this simple with Reece? 

I felt Liam stroking my hair and let out a satisfied sigh of contentment.  I couldn’t stay upset with him, it was impossible. Pulling away slightly I sent him a soft smile. “And who would that be?” I asked in mock confusion.

Slowly I saw his gaze drift to my mouth and latch on to it.  Warning bells started to blast through my head as his head moved closer and closer.  ‘No! No, no, no, no,’ my mind screamed. This wasn’t happening.  He wouldn’t do this.  Frantically I searched for a way out of this without hurting him. 

I couldn’t hurt Liam, he was like my brother.  He was my friend.  This would ruin everything.

His lips were a hairs breadth from my own when I jerked my head away.  I caught the surprised and hurt look in his eyes and tried to find a valid reason for pulling away that wouldn’t hurt him. 

Suddenly inspiration struck and I gripped my head and moaned, closing my eyes and scrunching my face up.

“Anna, what’s wrong? Are you alright? Do you need anything?”  I could hear the panic and worry lacing his voice and felt somewhat guilty for my charade, but not guilty enough to drop it.

“I’ll be fine,’ I slurred.  So maybe I was putting on a little thick, but it was for the best I assured myself.

“Here, let me get you something. Where’s the pain medication you were prescribed?  Crap, here let me help you up to bed, you should rest.” 

As he bustled around looking for my medicine like a worried mother hen I couldn’t help but smile at his concern.  He really was a cutie.

“It’s on the table,” I told him.  He glanced at me over his shoulder with an adorable frown pulling at the corners of his mouth.

“What’s on the table?” He asked in confusion.

 Rolling my eyes I walked over and grabbed my medicine.  I didn’t have a problem taking it since my head was aching slightly and it was almost time for my next dose anyways.  I watched his eyes widen in realization and his mouth formed a small “o” shape.

Smacking his forehead I heard him mumble, “So stupid,” before grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge and bringing it over to me as I shook a pill out onto my palm.  Popping the pill into my mouth he opened the water and handed it to me, watching with concern as I took a sip washing down the pill.

Taking back the bottle he replaced the lid and without warning scooped me up into his arms. 

Gasping in surprise my arms automatically wrapped around his neck, which in turn brought his face closer to mine once again.  I could see the struggle in his eyes as he stared back at me and fervently prayed he wouldn’t lean in any further.

Clearing my throat uncomfortably I slid my eyes away from his, “There’s really no need to carry me, I can walk just fine.  It was my head that got injured not my legs,” I teased hoping to break the awful tension that was surrounding us.  Why couldn’t things ever be simple in my life?

When I got no response I peeked back at him and saw his eyes once again focused solely on my lips. Crap.

It happened so fast I didn’t have time to react, to pull away or talk my way around it.  His lips were on mine, moving feverishly begging for a response. 

I couldn’t deny it felt nice and somewhere in my bogged down brain I realized that I was responding.  Maybe it wasn’t passionate and all-consuming like Reece’s addictive kiss, but it was nice.  It was nice to feel wanted.  It was nice to know that by kissing him I wasn’t the other woman.  But it still wasn’t Reece, and Reece is what I craved.

What the hell was I doing kissing Liam back?  It would only end in him getting hurt which in return would hurt me and affect our friendship.

Just as I was breaking away, ready to try to fix this mess without losing my friend in the process I heard a thump.

Jumping slightly in Liam’s arms I ripped my lips from his and my eyes latched upon another pair of vivid blue eyes that always managed to cause my heart to stutter.  I saw rage burning in them as his jaw clenched.  His whole body was tensed to the point it looked painful.

Guilt consumed me as I pushed away from Liam, who was still looking a bit dazed.  I felt like some sort of hussy.  First I had almost kissed Reece again who was engaged, and then I kissed Liam who I felt nothing for besides friendship.  I was so screwed up.  I slammed my eyes shut as a pain shot through my scull dancing along my nerve endings.

Then I heard his voice, carefully controlled and void of emotions. “So sorry to interrupt, I’ll just be in the living room watching TV.  Please, carry on.  Don’t let me stop you.”  Turning on his heel he walked away causing a pang to stir in my chest.

“What’s he doing here?” I heard Liam ask, his voice laced with distaste and a hint of venom catching me off guard.

“He um has to stay here for a while,” I stumbled out.

“Why?”

“Lieutenants orders, he wants someone with me until they find out who was behind my attack.  He feels that I have too much stress at the moment to perform my job properly without having to worry about watching my own back.” I explained truthfully.

“I could just stay instead.  You know I’d never let anyone or anything harm you as long as I could prevent it.”  I could see jealousy tingeing his normally carefree expression and felt another stab of guilt and regret stab through me. 

“I didn’t have a choice Liam.  This was decided before I even left the hospital and I wasn’t exactly consulted about it.”

“I could just stay too,” he offered casually but I noticed a hint of possessiveness that he was trying to hide.  Shaking my head and rubbing my temples I wondered vaguely how I had gotten myself into this mess.

“Liam its fine, he’s only here for a little bit.  It’s just temporary, there’s no need for you to put your life on hold and place yourself in danger when I have someone here already.”

I could see the hurt flash across his face and felt like a bitch because the truth was, as much as I loved Liam and was grateful to him for wanting to protect me I wanted this time alone with Reece more.   

Hey guys! Sorry this took so long and is probably kind of short…I’ve just had the worst writers block with this story lately…*sigh*  That being said, hope it doesn’t suck monkey balls.  As usual, NOT EDITED! Kindly point out any errors and I’ll gladly fix them.  Comment, fan and vote if you’d like, and hopefully I get my mojo back soon. :)