The Neighborhood (Twin Estates #2)(6)

“I was at table fifteen, but I saw how you were talking to that guy, then I recognized him. So I skipped up here and paid the next dude to take my place,” he explained.

“Typical.”

“Hey, desperate measures.”

“You're down to four minutes. Why are you here? Are you stalking me?” she suddenly gasped as the idea popped into her head.

“Yes,” he groaned. “Stalking you, praying to you, dying for you to just look at me again.”

“Uh ...” she'd never heard Liam be so poetic before – she didn't know how to handle it.

“I saw your new profile. You won't return my calls, you won't see me – I had to do something. I saw that you were coming to this event. I know the bar that's catering, they got me inside,” he told her.

“So let me get this straight. You stalked me online, you snuck into a private event, and then you bribed someone for this seat,” she laid it all out.

“Yeah. Yeah, I did.”

That was it. No defense. No apologies.

“You can't do this!” she hissed. “You can't just … you're like a child! You do whatever you want and expect no repercussions, and then when there are, you lie and cheat and steal and do whatever it take$L̫Wx