“It’s too little too late.” I took a deep breath and looked at Xander as I spoke. “You can’t treat me like this anymore. I’m not going to take it. Just go home and leave us well alone.” I turned around and grabbed Alice’s arm and we walked back into the club, both of us knowing that our fun girls night out had already been ruined, but neither one of us wanting to admit it and go back home.
Chapter Nine
“Welcome home.” Scott opened the front door as we arrived back at the house few hours later.
“Yeah thanks.” I muttered and brushed past him, not in the mood for small talk.
“I’m going to hop in the shower, is that okay, Liv?” Alice asked me softly and I nodded.
“Yeah, I’m going to grab some water and go out to the rocking chair in the back yard. I’ll be up in a bit.”
“Okay.” She nodded and I watched as Scott escorted her down the hallway. I sighed and then walked to the kitchen and looked through the fridge for some food. I grabbed a bottle of water and some string cheese and headed out to the backyard to rock my bad mood away. The sky was beautiful tonight, almost majestic in its’ deep velvety blackness. I stared at the twinkling stars and sat back, enjoying the cool breeze that caressed my face.
“So you made it home safely, I see.” Xander’s deep voice interrupted my thoughts and I groaned out loud.
“You, again.” I turned to look at him and almost groaned again. He was bare chested again and just wearing his boxers. “What do you want?”
“I wanted to apologize.” He stood next to me. “I’m sorry about tonight.”
“It’s fine.” I shrugged and looked away from him.
“Can we go and sit on the grass?” He asked softly. “I feel weird standing while you’re sitting.”
“I don’t want to sit in the grass.” I said petulantly.
“I’d like to have a talk with you, Liv and I’d rather we both be in a comfortable position.”
“Fine.” I jumped up. “I have to go in and get a blanket then. I can’t sit on the grass in this dress.”
“I brought one with me.” He held it out in front of him. “Just in case you were out here.”
“You were waiting up for me?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “I felt like we needed to talk.”
“Okay then.”
“First, I want to apologize again for Aiden and I just showing up at the club. I know that was a bit of a crazy thing to do.”
“Yeah, just a bit.” I said sarcastically and watched as he lay the blanket down on the grass. Then we both sat down and got comfortable.
“It was a shock for me, you know, seeing you here.” He said, abruptly changing the subject and I looked down at my legs. He thought he’d had a shock? What about me?
“Yeah well, I wasn’t exactly over the moon to hear the news either.”
“It’s your fault that we’re even in this position.” He grabbed my hands. “Look at me, Liv.”
“It’s my fault?” My voice rose. “Is that supposed to be a joke?”
“You left me and when I woke up and you were gone, I felt empty, lonely and sad.” He sighed as his fingers played with mine. “I’ve never felt that way before.”
“What do you mean I left you? I’ve never left you.”
“Last weekend.” He made a face. “We made love all night in the hotel and when I woke up you were gone. No note, no number. I didn’t even have your name. And I was upset. I wanted to spend the day with you. I wanted to get to know you.”
“So you proposed to my sister because you were upset that I hit it and quit it?” I bit my lower lip to stop myself from laughing. I wasn’t sure why I had said ‘hit it and quit it’, but it made me want to laugh.
“Did you just say ‘hit it and quit it’?” Xander’s eyes were laughing at me.
“Yes.” I nodded and smiled. “I’m not sure why I said that.”
“Maybe because it’s true.” He grinned. “That is what you did, well technically I hit it, but you were the one to quit it.”
“Xander.” I raised an eyebrow at him and sat back. “You can continue with what you were saying.”
“Sorry, I got distracted.” He licked his lips. “I was just remembering how deep and hard I was hitting it. I was hitting all the right spots, wasn’t I?”
“Xander.” I blushed, not wanting to tell him that he had hit spots I didn’t even know existed before.
“Sorry.” He chuckled. “It’s hard to forget the best sex of your life.”