“There’s no need for it,” she said sweetly. I felt her presence in front of me, and her hands kneaded my thighs. I grabbed her wrists to pull them away as she kneeled on the floor and looked up at me. “Look at me, Liam,” she said, her hands moving towards there. I clenched my jaw, hard, as memories of her kept coming back. It should be disturbing that she was using that voice on me – the same gentle voice that my mate used to bring my walls down, every damn time, instead I found it comforting. It brought a pain in my chest that I could rid of, but one that I wouldn’t dare forget. A hand held the side of my face, startling me. I looked at her. A gentle expression stared back at me, her lips in a pout and eyes that sparkled with innocence. I gulped as my eyes swept over the tops of her br

