62|Meet The McBrides

"If it isn't the Andersons! Aren't you all a sight for sore eyes!" Professor McBride's booming voice and hearty chuckle resounded through the room.

As much as Liam didn't want to, he found himself looking up from his phone; the man's laugh was infectious, and he sounded genuinely pleased to see his parents.

For the longest, confusing second of his life, Liam thought his eyes were playing tricks on him when they fell on Eden.

This is new, he thought, blinking up at her. He scratched his head, baffled by this turn of events.

He's been blind drunk before and saw double everything.

Hell, some of his worst and best decisions were made whilst he was deep in the semi-comatose stages of inebriation.

But seeing people, more specifically, the one woman whose touch set him ablaze and whose body he desired with a passion that terrified him, was certainly a new occurrence.

"Liam!" His mom rammed him hard in his ribs with her elbow, jolting