liam

Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.

Oh my God, Green,_ I heard Chubs say from somewhere in the room. __ust take the damn socksand put the kid out of his misery.

Step one, accept she was a damn boss. Step two, hide all the knives, guns, and maybe the pillows, too.

I'm sorry if me being turned on turns you on.

Accidents happen. I will, um . . . I will pay to have your house rebuilt." "And my barn?" a woman called out. Liam sighed. "Yes, and your barn, too." "And my golden carousel?" shouted another man. "Will you pay for that?" Liam raised an eyebrow. "The giant smashed your golden carousel?" "No," said the man. "I'd just like to have a golden carousel.

Miss Vida" Liam said "has anyone never told you that you are positively the whipped cream on the sundae of life?"She glared at him."Anyone ever told you your head is shaped like a pencil?""That is physically impossible," Chubs groused."He'd be__""Actually Liam began, "Cole once did try to__ What?""Oh,I'm sorry," Chubs said, "apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.

But hey, what's life without a little adversity?"That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.

Then he made the mistake of looking into her eyes and froze. Her expression was so open, so full of tenderness and longing as well as heat that he almost balked. This was supposed to be about closure, about having the goodbye they__ never gotten last time. How was he supposed to leave after if she gave herself to him this completely? Her hand came up to cradle the side of his face, her thumb stroking back and forth across his jaw, her touch gentle and loving. __eed you,_ she murmured,It was good. Even better than he remembered. Liam buried his face in the side of her neck and sucked in a breath, struggling to hang on. Being cradled in Honor__ arms, buried to the hilt inside her while she opened her body and heart to him was the most incredible thing in the world. How the f*&^ was he going to walk away later? Without warning his eyes began to sting. As though she sensed how close he was to coming unglued, Honor murmured to him and pressed kisses to the side of his face, her hand urging his head to turn toward her. Liam shook his head, unable to bear that final level of intimacy when he knew this was their last time. Keeping his face in her neck he fought back the swell of emotion and began to move, a slow, shallow rocking motion that was more profound than words could ever be. He loved her. Would always love her, but it wasn__ enough because some things couldn__ be undone and he just couldn__ let her in the way he had before. All they had left was this bittersweet farewell, and he was going to make it memorable. .... A lump settled in his throat and he squeezed his eyes shut, torn between the excruciating pleasure swelling inside him and the need to see her face as he took her this last time. In the end, his heart won out. Powerless to stop himself, he lifted his head and looked down at her. Anguish sliced through his chest when he saw the tears glistening in her beautiful eyes. Don__. Don__ cry. Shit, he didn__ want either of them to hurt anymore. He was sick of hurting. That__ why he was ending it all tonight. With a low sound of regret he covered her mouth with his, his tongue sliding against hers as he took her. Honor kissed him back deep and slow...Cupping her cheek with his free hand he gave her everything he had left to give, allowing his emotional shields to drop for these final moments.She ran her fingertips up and down his back in a soothing motion, her body limp and pliant beneath his, legs still wrapped around him. And all of a sudden he felt like crying. He felt too much, was in too deep again.He didn__ know what to say to make this any easier. After what they__ just shared he was more conflicted than ever about what to do. ____l miss you,_ she murmured, and he caught the slight catch in her voice. Ah, fu&%. He gritted his teeth. It would be so much easier if they could just hate each other. For a moment he considered saying something to make her do exactly that, but couldn__. Even he wasn__ enough of an a**hole to end things that way. And that look on her face_ Against his better judgment, Liam sat back down on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his arms. Honor went willingly into his embrace, pressing her face to his chest as she hugged him tight in return. ____l miss you too._ Dammit, he should never have come here tonight. __ wish it could be different, but I just_ I can__ do this anymore._ I__l always love you but I can__ afford to let you back in again. ____ sorry.

Don__ do this,_ he begged hoarsely against her temple, crumbling inside. Honor wasn__ the type to make empty threats or do something like this on a whim. No, she meant it and was prepared to go through with it. He had one last shot to change her mind, right now, before he lost her forever. So no, even he wasn__ above begging if that__ what it took to make her stay and work this out. __ou said you still love me,_ he whispered brokenly. He was holding onto that for all it was worth. It had to be enough. He squeezed her tighter. __ know you__e scared and I know you__e hurting but_ Don__ do this. Don__ walk away. Please._ Don__ leave me. She__ never know how much it cost him to beg her this way, but he was so damn scared right now he didn__ care how pathetic it made him look. He__ do or say f-ing whatever it took to get her to listen to reason, make her change her mind. Anything except agreeing to live a lie and hide his true feelings for her from the rest of the world, no matter what the reason. A sob tore out of her. Honor stopped shoving at him. She wound her arms around his back and squeezed so hard he felt the muscles in her arms tremble. Liam closed his eyes and pressed his face against her hair, that painful bubble of hope surfacing again. He could feel her torment, her pain. If he could just calm her down long enough to get her to listen, really listen and then think this through_ __weet pea, just listen to me,_ he began softly. __o, I can__._ Honor tore away from him and grabbed the doorknob. Before he could recover enough to reach out and stop her, she__ slammed the door shut behind her. Gone.

How many times do I have to say I__ sorry before you believe it? That I acknowledge I made a terrible mistake and have done everything I know how to fix it? How can you just freeze me out after that and walk away from everything we had?_ Hurt and resentment swelled inside him, mixing with the anger in a toxic, chaotic mess. __ou walked away first,_ he shot back. __hat was your choice._ Then I made mine. It was a low blow, even if it was true. But he refused to feel guilty about it, even under the circumstances. He hadn__ wanted to have this conversation, but she__ insisted, and he wouldn__ lie to her about the way things stood. Honor__ chin came up, her tears evaporating as her eyes sparked with fresh anger. __ did,_ she admitted quietly, her control merely emphasizing the loss of his own. __ did walk away and it was the absolute worst mistake of my life. I__ sorry, Liam. See? I__ a big enough person to admit it to your face. Are you?