Claim by Sienna Snow

Author:Sienna Snow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Dangerous Press
Published: 2023-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Sophia

“Lizzy. What are you doing here?” I ask as I step into my living room a little before nine in the evening, the night after the runway show.

The youngest of the Morelli children never dropped in anywhere without an ulterior motive. And of course, the evening I planned to take care of some pressing business, she decided to make her inconvenient visit.

Her scrutinizing gaze took me in, inspecting me from head to toe. Naturally, I gave her the same assessment. She looked overall healthy, except for a few shadows under her eyes, which told me she needed some sleep.

I knew the exhaustion wasn’t from the wild party college scene. Those actions were more or less me. Lizzy was more of an old soul in the body of someone who had just turned twenty. I also saw a loneliness in her that I wished never existed, which I saw reflected in my own eyes when I looked in the mirror each morning.

What I wouldn’t give to shelter her from being a Morelli offspring.

“I was thinking about you all day and decided to come see how things were going in your life.”

Moving into my living room, I sat on the couch across from Lizzy, tucking a foot under my knees. “I’m not buying it. What do you want?”

“Can’t a girl visit her big sister?”

“Ummm.” I tapped a finger on my lower lip. “No. Not you. You’re the text first, then call, then visit because you need something type. What is it that’s bothering you? Spit it out.”

She leaned forward and gave me a death stare. “I want to know what you’re about to do?”

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me. I felt it when I woke up this morning. You’re up to something.”

Maybe she had a touch of clairvoyance.

“Well, I had plans tonight to go out, but other than that, nothing special.”

“Then you won’t mind if I tag along?”

“It’s not your kind of scene.”

A scowl formed on her face. “How do you know? I’m not as innocent and naïve as you think I am.”

“It isn’t like that. What I intend to do tonight isn’t exactly—”

Before I could finish, she jumped in, “Are you going to do something illegal?”

For a second, I thought about lying to her, and then I decided to say, “Possibly.”

“I knew it. My gut said you were up to something nefarious.”

I lifted a brow at her use of the word “nefarious.”

“That’s why you came over? Your gut told you to do it?”

“Someone in the family has to make sure you don’t get into trouble.”

“Too late for that. I’m a lost cause, remember?”

She folded her arms. “I’m coming with you. Take it or leave it.”

The stubborn set of her jaw and the way she tried to look all stern had me biting my lips to keep from laughing. Lizzy possessed not a single intimidating bone in her body.

“I don’t want you involved in this.”

“I don’t care what you’re doing. You’re not going alone.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“I’m either your sidekick in this adventure, or I’m ratting you out to Lucian.

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