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Lizetta sniffled and nuzzled her little face against Remington’s chest, her damp hair sticking to his skin, tickling him with a cool itch.
Remington pressed his lips slightly, “Cut the act; it won’t work! Do I need to list your recent shenanigans?”
Lizetta wrapped her arms around Remington’s waist, feeling his warmth seep into her, all that comforting. familiar scent.
Her eyes brimming with heat, “Don’t wanna talk.”
As her body warmed up, she belatedly felt an extreme chill Lizetta snuggled closer into Remington’s embrace, clinging tighter. He looked down at her with those deep, inscrutable eyes and didn’t press further.
His body was like a big ol‘ furnace, not losing any heat to Lizetta, but seeming to get even toastier.
Lying there in his arms, Lizetta stopped shivering and felt a cozy comfort, like she was back in the womb. Eyes closed, the exhaustion from her fear and tension washed over her.
“Lizetta, just try falling asleep on me!”
Thinking she could just snooze her way out without explaining anything? As if! Remington gave her a nudge, and Lizetta looked up at him, her eyebrows and eyes curving.
“Remi, you remind me of someone.”
Something seemed to click in Remington, his eyes flickering, his voice tense, “Who?”
Lizetta smiled, “Mama Bird.”
His reaction to her unexpected answer was a moment of silence, then his lips pressed together in a sharp curve of restrained irritation.
“Mama Bird’s a person?”
Mama Bird, what the heck, wasn’t that just a fancy way of calling someone a beast? He suspected she was implying he wasn’t human and scoffed, tossing her aside, “Let go! Scram.”
Lizetta chuckled softly, her laugh tinged with a bitter sweetness.
Sometimes she truly felt like Remington was her Mama Bird, simply because he had scooped her up from the snowstorm when she was barely alive. Just like a chick imprinting on the first thing it saw, she had latched onto him, and he had taken on the role of protector and caretaker.
Like now, warming her with his body, he did it so naturally, as if it was an instinct etched in his bones.
But he wasn’t Mama Bird, and he had no obligation to her. It had always been unfair to him. Could it be that one day, if she got over her chick complex, she’d stop loving him?
‘Fine. I’ll scram.”
Lizetta let go and rolled to the other side of the bed, but before she got far, Remington pulled her back by the
waist.
He leaned over to grab a bottle of whiskey from the nightstand, flicked off the cap with his thumb, took a swig. and then leaned down to block Lizetta’s lips with his own.
The rich scent of alcohol and his breath overwhelmed her in an instant. Startled, Lizetta clenched her teeth, turning her head to dodge.
no, let go.”
the liquor, Remington gripped her
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said I’m Mama Bird, so
the struggle, her pale complexion receding, her moist eyes reflecting her damp hair
and Lizetta quickly panted out an excuse.
“I can’t drink.”
narrowed sarcastically, “Oh, your intermittent alcohol allergy acting up again?”
lips, “I’ve got a bit of a cold; took
his piercing gaze almost tangible. Lizetta bit her
phone
really digging into whether she had actually taken any antibiotics, so he put
Remington could answer, Lizetta
on, answer
phone was busted and
time must be about something important, possibly concerning Daniel, and
cool face, though his eyes turned icy as he said,
in her haste, didn’t catch it
“Lucian, it’s me.”
the phone was snatched away.
“Been back a few days and your body clock still off?
I interrupt your rest,
“Glad you know!”
have a few words to say to
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damp hair sticking to his skin, tickling
lips slightly. “Cut the act; it won’t work! Do I need to list your recent
feeling his warmth seep into her, all that
eyes brimming with heat, “Don’t
Lizetta snuggled closer into Remington’s embrace, clinging tighter. He looked down at her with those deep, inscrutable eyes and didn’t press further.
big ol‘ furnace, not losing any
comfort, like she was back in
just try falling asleep
snooze her way out without explaining anything? As if! Remington gave her a nudge, and Lizetta looked up at him, her eyebrows
me
in Remington, his eyes flickering,
smiled, “Mama Bird.”
was a moment of silence, then his
Bird’s a person?*
just a fancy way of calling someone a beast? He
softly, her laugh tinged with a bitter sweetness.
she was barely alive. Just like a chick imprinting
his body, he did it so naturally, as if it was an instinctretched in
he wasn’t Mama Bird, and he had no obligation to her. It had always been unfair to him. Could
“Fine, I’ll scram.”
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