The Transfer novel Chapter 39

I walked down the hallway using the towel to dry my hair. It dripped wet on the floor and I desperately tried to avoid it happening. I walked into Lila's room and sat on the end of her bed. She looked up at me from where she was standing, unpacking her bags.

"Are you staying in here with me tonight?" Lila asked me. I shrugged at her. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.

"Not sure. I'm torn," I said. Lila nodded at me and sighed. She put down the clothes in her hands and came over to me. She sat beside me.

"I think you should go with him. Talk it out. He's beating himself up about the entire thing," Lila told me. I sighed and nodded. I knew she was right.

I couldn't avoid Liam for the whole trip. I needed to talk to him and sort all of this out. I didn't need us to get into another bad argument.

"You're right," I sighed out. Lila giggled and nodded at me.

"I always am," she said between giggles. I rolled my eyes at her and punched her arm. She got up again and began to unpack her bags and place her clothes in the cabinet.

My heart stammered when I felt Liam coming down the hallway. His beast was still bothered and I wasn't sure if he was upset or angry. Maybe both.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow," I said to Lila as I got up. She winked at me and I left her room, shutting the door behind me. Liam had just passed by the room as I stepped out into the hallway. He made his way down to our bedroom and stepped into the room.

He knew I was there, I could see the hair standing up on the back of his neck and I noticed how he didn't tense so much when I stepped out into the hallway.

I made my way into the room and shut the door behind me. Liam was changing into something more comfortable for bed.

It was late and we'd spent the whole day with his family. Tomorrow we were supposed to be going into town where gran needed to get food. Lila told me that she would take me shopping.

I needed some new workout clothes anyway.

Liam pulled his shirt off his body and I gawked. He had the most attractive body that I had ever seen. He had muscles all over, and scars on his back and chest. But they made him look more gorgeous and even kind of dangerous.

Liam looked up at me and I got myself grow speechless. Couldn't he just put a damn shirt on? My beast whined. She didn't want him to put a shirt on at all.

"Can you put a damn shirt on?" I breathed out finally. A smirk tugged at his lips as he grabbed a clean shirt and pulled it over his head. I felt myself calm instantly. It was easier to speak to him when he was fully clothed.

"Better?" Liam asked me with a raised eyebrow. I rolled my eyes.

"Not really, but whatever," I muttered. Liam's shoulders and chest were defined perfectly in the shirt he was wearing. He had muscles that filled up all of his shirts.

"I'm sorry about today," Liam said, lowering his head a little. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

My beast whined and nudged me to walk over to him. Our male looked sad. He was clearly upset. She wanted me to comfort him.

"She was a potential bond mate, Ali. As much as I really didn't like her, I still had those feelings for her. It was hard to say no to her, because I still had an urge to want to be with her. But he was telling me constantly that I had be to loyal to my true mate," Liam rubbed his chest in reference to his beast. My heart melted and my knees felt weak.

Liam had wanted to be with Veronica. He'd had feelings for her, similar to the ones that he probably had for me. But his beast stopped him from doing something as tragic as putting his mark on her neck. It made my beast rumble.

"I realised a while ago that I didn't like her for her. I liked her because I was a dumb kid who drooled over the female flaunting her body to him constantly. I could never like her for her personality. There isn't anything to like about it," Liam explained. My heart still twisted painfully and I felt sick again.

Hearing Liam admit that he did have feelings for Veronica once upon a time made every part of my body want to shrivel up. Was I anything in comparison to her?

Veronica was beautiful. Undoubtedly. She had long tanned legs and a flat belly. She was tall and slim, curvy in all the right places. She was blonde and pretty.

Why wouldn't he like her?

The bond cried out in pain. I didn't literally hear any sound but I knew it was screaming rage and sadness. My stomach knotted and I felt like dirt compared to Veronica.

"Even though we were potential bond mates, I realised that I would never want to be with her. So I told her... and then I met you," Liam said, gazing over me. I swallowed the lump in my throat and blinked back the tears.

I hated feeling the way I did. I hated feeling like I wasn't anything in comparison to Veronica. I hated feeling like I was lesser than her. I especially hated feeling not good enough for Liam.

"I don't think you understand, Ali," Liam told me. He came forwards and I let him. My beast whined and pawed at the floor of my brain. She was upset. She hated being jealous and she hated feeling as vulnerable as we did.

"What isn't there to understand? You had feelings for her, so you brought her here to meet your family. The same as you're doing with me, right?" I asked as I looked up at him. Liam weakly smiled at me.

"I quite literally only brought her here with me because she first of all forced her way here and because I thought her and I would hook up. I was dumb and I was naive," Liam told me. I scowled and rolled my eyes. Liam smiled at me a little more and then grabbed my arms gently.

His thumbs caressed my skin and I felt the tingles shoot up my arms and torso. It was an incredible feeling and it masked my sadness for a little.

"I brought you here because I actually wanted you to meet my family. I wanted you to officially be apart of the Hastings family. I didn't bring you here just because I like you. I brought you here for a lot of other reasons too," Liam said softly. His usually stern and cold face warmed as he smiled weakly and looked down at me as if I was his anything and everything.

I felt like jelly under his gaze. He held my eyes with his intensely before he shook his head and sighed softly. 

"I want you. I don't want Veronica or anyone else. I want you and only you, for the rest of my life. You're the one that I've been waiting for my entire life. Now you're here and I'm not going to let you go that easily," Liam told me, flashing me a toothy smile. His eyes lit up as he looked at me.

The bond was going crazy by now. Liam's touch on my bare arms made so much sense and sent the most wonderful feelings up and down my body. I had never wanted to be so close to anyone in my entire life.

"I hope you know that I'm going to make you work your ass off," I told him. He smirked and nodded at me. I couldn't help but smile. He made me happy and did the most little things that made me giddy without even realising it.

"I'm fully aware. I had a big talk with the whole family while you and the kids were outside. They all threatened to gang up on me and kick my ass if I ever did anything to hurt you," Liam told me with a shrug. I smiled a little more at him and rolled my eyes playfully.

I liked that Liam's family had liked me. It made everything about being with Liam easier. At least they liked me more than they liked Veronica too.