“Didn’t expect you to care about your brother so much.”

Alessia ignored the teasing and pressed on, “Besides, if he wants to go down the singer route, he’s the perfect person to fill the spot you’ve vacated since your career change. You heard his demo–what did you think?”

“He’s good. Definitely has his own style. Completely different from mine.”

“That’s exactly what we need.” Tristan’s voice had a cool edge, while Liam’s carried a warm, smoky timbre–no one would mistake one for the other. Liam could never be just a stand–in; he was his own person.

“You’re pretty confident in him. Sure he’ll be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with me?”

“Maybe he’ll even surpass you,” Alessia shot back without hesitation.

“Oh?”

“These are his songs.” Alessia pulled a small stack of papers from a folder, maybe

ten or so.

Tristan raised an eyebrow, but took them anyway and started flipping through.

Just then, the door burst open and Liam rushed in, startling them both.

“Lessie, are you okay?” Liam hurried over, tilting Alessia’s chin up to examine her face, worry written all over him. Tristan glanced up from the pages and, spotting Jason out of breath at the door, quickly pieced together what had happened.

“I’m fine,” Alessia mumbled, her words muffled by Liam’s hand, but she didn’t push him away.

face–looked like he got hit by

much. I just punched him,

Liam’s voice jumped an octave. Alessia braced herself for a lecture, expecting him to scold her for being reckless. But instead,

“Your hand–does it hurt?“.

no, it doesn’t.” Alessia stared at

by the rare sight of Alessia looking flustered, let out

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worry, she’s tougher than she looks. If anyone’s hurting, it’s the

delicate,” Liam

Liam. Are you done

“Yeah, about finished.”

of here. You should get going–we’ve got that final

“And you…?”

reach out about

I’ll get out of your hair. Call me if you need anything.” Liam still

Alessia gave

Alessia let out a

like that before,” Tristan

rolled her eyes at him, completely unbothered by appearances. “Are you done

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