Liam opened the conversation without hesitation and replied immediately.

[If you take much longer to come back, I'll drop everything and come get you. Take care, beautiful. Never forget… you are the great love of my life.]

After sending that, he locked his screen. His expression didn't change.

He walked into the closet and started getting dressed without thinking. He grabbed a pair of dark dress pants, put on a white shirt, and buttoned it with automatic movements, like someone who just wa