Chapter 1
Liam looked around his house after Steffy had left. She was right on one account: he was going to miss her for however long she'd be gone. He thought of their time together, the ups and the downs. What he was sure of was that she had come a long way from the young woman who amused herself with seducing a man just to show that she could.
Of the three of them she was the one that had matured the most and that made her even more beautiful in his eyes. Even when he hurt her with Hope she was always there for him, being his friend as she had promised.
The difference between her and Hope was that whatever happened she never doubted him. While the blonde demanded explanations for his actions, Steffy didn't need to because she understood him. She got why he did some things and told him how no one should tell him what to do.
With that last thought in mind, he grabbed his keys from the side table and then was out the door in seconds.
Hope Logan made her way to Liam's house full of hope. This was her chance: Steffy was out of town and poor Liam was all alone, he was going to need some company and she would be there for him.
People would call her an opportunist but she didn't care. After all they had been through, all the manipulations and lies, none of it managed to separate them long; they always found their way back to each other and it only showed that they were meant to be together.
She pulled her car over the parking spot and made her way to the door. She tried the handle and found it locked so she rang the bell. After several tries, no one came to answer it so she tried the backdoor with no better luck.
Hope hadn't phoned him before coming, intent on surprising him but now she wished she had. The lack of a car outside should have been a giveaway for his absence but she had simply assumed that he had parked it inside the garage.
Seeing no other alternative, Hope tried his cell but was surprised when it went straight to voicemail. She left him a message saying she'd be waiting for him at his house and went to sit in her car. He'd have to come home sooner or later and she'd be ready for him.
