“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.

he got

much. I just punched

Alessia braced herself for a lecture, expecting him to scold her for being reckless. But instead, he grabbed her

“Your hand–does it hurt?“.

no, it doesn’t.” Alessia stared at him, taken

the rare sight of Alessia looking flustered,

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

Besides, girls‘ skin is more delicate,” Liam muttered, for the first time sounding

you done with

“Yeah, about finished.”

here. You should get going–we’ve got that final set at the pub tonight,

“And you…?”

reach out about

I’ll get out of your hair. Call me if you need anything.” Liam still looked worried, but with Alessia insisting,

gave

was finally out the door, Alessia let

look like that before,” Tristan

rolled her eyes at him, completely unbothered by

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