The silence between them still hung in the air as they climbed the stairs. Neither of them spoke. The house rested in complete stillness, and every movement felt heavier than it should have been, as if even the air between them feared breaking.

Liam opened the bedroom door and waited for her to enter first. The space between them was thick, heavy — the kind of silence that carried everything they still couldn’t say.

Olívia walked to the center of the room and turned to face him. Her heart was s