Page 116 of Drawn Together

Tami glared at him and stepped next to Stella, looking away.

Liam chuckled, then any semblance of happiness faded from his face as he spotted Sebastian. “You’re still here?” he asked, then took notice of the two gorillas. I had already told Liam everything… well, almost everything, and he knew that I now had three bodyguards with me everywhere I went.

Sebastian didn’t respond, busily staring down the street, no doubt making sure everything was in order. “Come on, get inside,” he said to the other girls and me.

Stella and Lisa happily did as he said, and I followed, only coming to a halt when I noticed Liam had stopped in front of Tami, blocking her way.

I rolled my eyes. Seriously?

“Say one thing that you like about me and I’ll let you in,” he asked arrogantly.

Tami huffed and crossed her arms. “You’re insufferable.”

Liam turned around to leave, but she yanked at his sweater to stop him. He glanced at her hand on his arm. Sparks were flying; how had I not realized it before?

Tami looked at him timidly, unsure what to say. “I like your shoelaces.”

Liam laughed loudly, leaned toward her, and whispered, “That won’t cut it.”

I looked on in amusement.

“Okay, okay!” she said again, and Liam gave her his full attention. “I like your back,” she admitted, turning red.

I almost laughed out loud.

Liam smiled. “My back?”

“Yes,” she said, now as red as a tomato. “I like not having to look at your face,” she added, and I could tell she was annoyed by the way her fists were clenched tightly.

“Can we get everyone inside?” Sebastian interrupted the scene.

Liam looked toward him and lifted the rope to let Tami through. He whispered something to her that I didn’t catch, and Tami stormed past me, seething.

“You could give it a rest for one night, couldn’t you?” I said, irritated.

I turned to follow my friends into the elevator, then looked back again as I heard Sebastian arguing behind me. “We’re with her,” he said calmly.

“A thousand dollars each,” the bouncer told him.

“A thousand dollars to get in?”

I walked over to them. Liam seemed unaware of what was happening as he let some other girls in, greeting them each with a kiss on the cheek. “Yes, a thousand dollars to get in,” he repeated rudely.

“They’re with me, John.” The bouncer knew me, so I didn’t think it would be a problem.

“Your girlfriends are with you; these guys have to pay,” John insisted with an unfriendly expression.

“Liam?” I called out to him, trying to intervene as I saw thatSebastian was taking out a credit card angrily. I wasn’t such a bitch that’d I make him pay a thousand dollars to protect me.

Liam walked over, grabbed me by the waist, and kissed me on the cheek, very close to my lips. “What is it, babe?” he asked, looking only at me and ignoring the situation playing out right before his eyes.

“Let him in, Liam,” I said in a low voice so that only he could hear me.

“Are you sure?” he asked, looking unhappy.

I nodded silently, and Liam turned around, taking his hands off me. “John, he’s with me,” he said, and Sebastian put away his wallet with an irritated sigh. “The other two can wait outside. I don’t want to fill up the club with soldiers.”

Sebastian seemed fine with that arrangement, and I practically jumped for joy. Without Marcus’s lackeys watching… No, I wasn’t going to throw myself at Sebastian, as much as I might’ve wanted to. I was still angry with him.