Olívia stared at him in silence, her trembling hands pressed against the towel. Her heart raced, but her face hardened. She swallowed, absorbing every word as if it were a sentence. The fire in her gaze dimmed into something darker as she understood the full extent of his coldness.

“You’re a monster, Liam…” she murmured, her voice low but steady, her eyes shining with tears. “You have no principles. No soul. You treat people like disposable objects.”

He leaned back slowly in the armchair, settl