It was nearly noon when the hospital elevator doors opened.

Liam stepped out first.

His dark suit was flawless, immaculate — a brutal contrast to the hard, closed-off look in his eyes, as though the entire world around him had ceased to exist. His shoulders were tense, his posture far too rigid for a man who had just returned from his honeymoon.

Olivia walked beside him, matching every step, feeling the tension radiating from his body like electricity moments away from exploding. The silence su