LIAM POV
I was smiling at a paper cup of coffee like an i***t, and I did not give a flying f**k.
Penny had fallen asleep on me.
On me. On Little ‘ole me.
And that–
That was more than enough to turn my stomach upside down and my mood the best ever.
She had been exhausted. I had been sitting beside her. At some point, her body had decided my shoulder was better than the hard armrest of the waiting-room sofa, and she had drifted off with her cheek pressed against me and one hand curled under her chin.
That was it. Simple, human, normal.
Except there was nothing simple about the way my wolf had started purring the moment she leaned into me.
Like the world had finally made sense because Penny Savage felt safe enough to sleep against my body.
Safe.
The thought had been inside my ch
