Eighteen
Audrey
Liam was still lying next to me when I woke up some minutes before my alarm the next morning.
He was fast asleep, sprawled on his back with his right arm wrapped loosely around me.
I was resting on his shoulder, and had been for most of the night, as far as I could tell. We’d fallen asleep like that. After he’d comforted me and promised me…
My heart gave an achy spasm in my chest at the memory of last night. When he’d been standing there in my doorway, I hadn’t been able to stop myself from hoping… Even though I’d known I should kick him out, that same stupid part of me that’d fallen for him in the first place had panged with wild hope.
Careful to not disturb the sleeping man, I eased out of his loose grip and sat up to flick the bedside lamp on and turn my upcoming a
