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However,
Another woman, a Barbie look–alike, dressed in the tightest, shortest, blackest latex dress, walker
to Liam and tried to call dibs on him.
up
“He’s mine.” Eden said. Seeing her catch about to be taken, she propped herself between the two assertively staking her claim.
Barbie looked ready to murder her with her glacial stare as she sized her up, her collagen–pumped lips curling with distaste.
“Yeah,” Liam chuckled, his cheeks and ears matching his flame hair. “I’m hers!
“Your loss.” Barbie flicked her long blond extensions over her shoulder and pranced off, vanishing in the herd of vacant–eyed zombies swaying to the music.
“Thanks,” Liam said with a smile. “I don’t want to leave with her at all. You saved my life.”
“I guess we’re even now,” Eden said softly. “Thanks for getting us in.”
She wasn’t planning to thank him. But he did save her from the cold earlier.
“I guess being indecent helps sometimes?” He chuckled.
And she liked him a little then.
A slow jam came on, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw her ex, Simon, and Olive slink the way to the dance floor. She panicked and threw herself into Liam’s arms.
“Just pretend you’re my boyfriend, okay?” She smiled up at him, her eyes shimmering with tears she was struggling to contain. “Pretend you’re madly in love with me.”
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She wanted them to know she had a better life instead of being in such a mess
“Whatever you want, Princess!” Liam pulled her close, his arms wrapped around her waist possessively. Eden, acutely aware of his every movement as they moved to the music, tried to ignore the tingling awareness rushing through her body at his touch. Tried‘ is the operative word.
She read somewhere that you can tell a lot about a person from the way they dance. It was true. Earlier, she thought Liam was arrogant, but now, through dancing, she realizes he wasn’t arrogant but confident
“As your boyfriend, how would you rate me? Am I a good boyfriend?” He lowered his head, their reheads touching lightly.
Her brain screamed at her not to get excited as his five o’clock shadow grazed her cheek, sending her quivering despite the warmth in the room.
“You get A. “Eden blushed.
She assured him as she hung her arms around his neck, taking him in.
With his thick, wavy red hair, Liam reminded her of Will Halstead from Chicago Med, one of her favourite TV shows. He was too damn fine for his own good. And if she carried on clinging to him, it was only a matter of time before she jumped straight from the pan and into the fire.
“If your day job doesn’t work out, you can always sign up with Rent–A–Boyfriend.”
“Is there such a thing?” His eyebrows shot up, and his face lit up with curiosity.
“I don’t know,” she laughed, throwing her head back. “I’ve never needed their services before.”
Until now, she thought sadly. Until today. She had believed her ex would love her forever, that they would marry, have a cute baby, and build a happy family together.
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They swayed in silence.Eden was happy to be in his arms, even when the song ended and another tune came on, she carried on moving, and Liam didn’t seem to be in any hurry to let her go.
At that moment, she suddenly felt a strong desire for Liam, this completely unfamiliar man. She wanted to know him and even possess him.
“Other than dancing with random strangers, why are you here tonight?” She asked.
Crush was an okay nightclub for mere mortals like her. But she imagined filthy–rich gods like him having private clubs where only black cards and eight–figure bank balances allowed you access.
Liam looked like an eight–figure bank balance type of guy. From his woodsy cologne tinged with the faint whiff of expensive Bourbon to the dark slim–fit jeans he paired with a denim button–down shirt and custom–made sneakers. They had to be because she’d never seen them on anyone before.
“Celebrating my last night of freedom,” he murmured.
Eden’s stomach dropped. The man she had desperately wanted to have was about to get married. This hurt more than her ex–fiancé and her friend betraying her.
“Are you happy?” She pretended she was okay, hiding her sadness, and asked on his chest. “Should I congratulate you?”
Liam laughed in her hair. “Not really. But it is what it is. How about you?”
“I’m here to forget,” she said, her heart jumping to her throat when she caught the intense look in filt
eyes.
“Forget what?” He asked, searching her face as if the meaning behind her words were written there.
“Everything,” Eden said tearfully.
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“Make me forget, please?” She hesitated for a moment, then spoke firmly.
Liam gently lifted her chin, and his mouth descended on hers in a fiery kiss. For a breathless few minutes, all she was aware of was this moment: his arms around her waist, pressing her close to him as he drove her to the brink of insanity with his tongue and lips.
She leaned in, craving more of him and wanting all the warmth from his body. He had a swimmer’s body. Firm and taut in all the right places. And she liked it.
She could see herself with him.
He’d make a good rebound guy.
“Did you forget?” Liam asked, his voice hoarse and his ocean eyes stormy with yearning when they came up for air.
“Almost,” Eden replied breathlessly. He excited and scared her all at once because she knew she was about to make what was undoubtedly her biggest mistake yet. But having spent the first twenty–four years of her life colouring within the lines with nothing to show for it except a broken engagement, for once she wanted to be a little reckless.
Liam grabbed her hand and led her out of Crush. She quickly texted her friends while they waited for the valet to bring his Lamborghini around.
He held the passenger door for her and helped her with the seatbelt. Scared and oddly exhilarated, her body buzzed with anticipation for what lay ahead. She vaguely made out the familiar streets as they zoomed through Rock Castle and headed to a private estate, safely tucked away from commoners like er, behind boom gates and an army of guards stationed at the security booth.
They drove through a long, winding road, stopping in front of a massive, steel–black gate that yawned open when Liam hit a button on a small remote attached to a set of keys.
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Eden gawked at the contemporary house perched on the hill, illuminated by the ground lights lining the driveway. The all–white structure, with its smooth, classic lines and minimalist accents, looked like it was
traight out of an architectural magazine.
A butler and a line of servants, dressed in their crisp black and white uniforms, came out to greet them.
“Mr. Anderson, should we prepare dinner, sir?”
Liam waved him off. “You can take the rest of the night off, Dave. Thank you.”
The front door had barely shut when Liam reached for her.
His kisses were unrestrained, unreserved, and more urgent this time. He picked her up, her legs wrapping around his waist as he carried her up the glass staircase, through a long hallway, and finally placed her on the gigantic platform bed with sheets as white as snow and as smooth as silk to the touch.
her.
“Do you still want to forget?” Liam asked as he dropped light kisses on her neck and slowly undressed
“Yes,” Eden whimpered feverishly as she clumsily removed his clothes. As she lay on the bed, she couldn’t help but moan as she felt the man kissing her thighs. She wanted to forget the last six weeks and thaw the ice around her heart so badly.
For hours, Liam did just that. He made her forget with his hands, cry out with his tongue, and tremble and shudder in his embrace with his body.
If he wasn’t a stranger, she met at a club; if he wasn’t her rebound and she wasn’t his last night of freedom, their fiery encounter would have been so perfect for her first time.
“Did you forget?” Liam asked much later as they lay panting in each other’s arms, their bodies sleek
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“Yes,” she murmured, her tears falling on his chest. She wished there was such a thing as a rent–a–Boyfriend. She would ask for Liam all the time.
He leaned over her and kissed her so gently as he took her, more languidly this time. His bold thrusts and searing caresses sent her world crashing all around her.
“God, you are beautiful, Princess.” Liam growled and shuddered into her.
Eden desperately clung to him as another tremendous wave of pleasure hit her like a hurricane, leaving nothing but total devastation behind.
“Are you okay?” He asked as he kissed her forehead and tucked her in his arms again.
It took her a while to stop shaking. Liam held her close and let her cry, and when she was sure she had no more tears left in her, she looked at him at last.
“I am now,” she lied.
She’d never be okay after this.
life.
She loved Liam, a man she was unfamiliar with. She believed she would never love another man in her
After that night, she would never see him again. But Eden never expected the surprise Liam had in store for her.
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