The Boy Who Sneaks Through My Bedroom Window

Part 43

"Jake, he's not...." I trailed off, unable to finish the sentence.

Jake turned back to look at me, his face hard. "Yeah. Go next door," he instructed.

I looked at Liam for help. He was looking at Jake; he had the same hard expression on his face. "Liam, tell him this is stupid!" I whispered, with tears falling down my face. Liam didn't look at me; Jake and him were locked in some sort of silent exchange with their eyes. I jumped off of the sofa and grabbed the phone planning on calling him back to cancel it. I couldn't let him come here, not with those two looking like that.

Jake pulled the phone out of my hands. "He's not going to stop harassing you, Ambs. He wants to see you. He's also really angry that Ruby's left him. He knows that I helped them; a neighbour saw my car in the drive. He's seriously pissed at me, so I just need to tell him to back the f**k off," he said, pulling me into a hug.

I shook my head, that wasn't what he was planning at all, they weren't going to tell him anything, Jake and Liam were going to beat him senseless and show him to back the f**k off.

"Please don't, you'll get in trouble. Please?" I whispered. My insides were squirming with dread.

"Not if he starts something first," Jake replied, fighting a smile.

Chapter 21

~ Liam ~

Crap, this was bad. The first thing that shot through my brain was that I needed to keep Jake under control. Sure, I wanted to kill that as**ole as much as he did, but we seriously needed to be careful. If we literally jumped him as soon as he walked in, we'd be liable, and I'd promised his mom I wouldn't let him do that. I wouldn't let Jake go to jail for that asshole, Angel needed her big brother, especially now with the baby coming. The second thing that sprung to mind was that I needed to get my girl and my baby the hell out of here, now.

"Angel, let's go, I'll take you to mine," I stated, grabbing her hand and pulling her away from Jake.

She wrenched her hand out of mine and glared at me. "I'm not going anywhere! I won't let you do this, either of you. You can't beat the crap out of him, you'll get in trouble. You're being freaking stupid!" she shouted. Tears rolled down her face as she spoke.

"Angel, you need to leave, now," I ordered. She wasn't staying here near that man, no way, because if he even looked at her the wrong way I wouldn't be able to restrain myself, let alone keeping Jake under control.

She shook her head fiercely. She always had been stubborn, usually I loved that about her - but not right now I didn't. Fine, if she wants it that way then screw it. I grabbed her, wrapping her in my arms, lifting her bridal style. "Liam, don't you dare!" she shouted, her face getting red with anger as she struggled to get down. I shook my head, I'd deal with her anger later, she wouldn't stay mad at me for long and a night of the silent treatment would be totally worth it, just so I knew she was completely safe. She started sobbing and wrapped her arms around my neck as I carried her out of the house. Damn it, she was killing me! I hated to see her cry.

I kissed the side of her head. "Shh, everything's going to be fine, I promise. I just need to you safe so I can concentrate on keeping Jake calm, OK?" I said honestly.

We reached my house and I opened the door quickly, heading over to the sofa. I sat down and held her on my lap, rocking her gently. "Please don't get in trouble, Liam, please," she begged, hugging me tighter.

"I won't. I need to go next door now. You stay here; don't come over until I come to get you. You understand? Can you do that for me?" I asked desperately.