My Sweet Punishment by Amelia Brooks (little red riding hood ebook free .TXT) 📗

We sat in silence for a while, just enjoying the gentle swaying.

“Thank you for today. I feel like I’m back in my childhood,” I said softly at one point, closing my eyes and breathing in the warm autumn air.

“Yeah... sometimes the reality is so merciless that you want to plunge back into a carefree childhood again,” Liam grinned.

I didn’t like the sad tone in his voice. What has happened to him over these years?

When I wanted to turn my face to the guy and ask about it, I suddenly came across his lips, which, in an instant, was pressed against mine. I didn’t even close my eyes. I was so shocked by my friend’s behavior. What the fuck is going on right now?!

But time passed, and I still didn’t kiss him back. And when Liam felt it, he reluctantly pulled himself away from me.

“Liam, what’s wrong with you?!” I stared at my friend, dumbfounded, trying to process what had just happened. He just succumbed to the moment, didn’t he?

But the guy, unlike me, was definitely not feeling awkward right now. He took my hand and looked into my eyes, frowning.

“It’s because of him, isn’t it? Because of your so-called “boss”?”

God, what does that have to do with it? This extraordinary situation was beginning to make me quite nervous.

“No, Liam,” I sighed and tried to pull my hand free gently. “It’s just that we’re friends and…”

“I never thought of you as just a friend, Mia,” he interrupted, and I could hear the irritation in his voice. “I like you... from the moment on when the sweet girl with hair as black as ripe currant turned her attention to a skinny, unnoticeable boy.” And his next words just finished me off. “And I only came back here because of you.”

My thoughts were all tangled up in strong confusion. I just sat there and wished I could sink into the ground because I didn't know how to react to this unexpected confession at all…