While the table downstairs simmered with tension, the bedroom upstairs was drowned in a dense silence.

Liam shut the door behind him with a firm motion, the click of the lock marking the beginning of a territory where he believed he still had control.

Olívia took a few steps away, instinctively putting distance between them. She stopped near the window, her arms crossed tightly over her body, as if she were trying to shield herself with her own embrace.

She looked at him, her breathing still un