Chloe's breath hitched as she leaned closer to Liam, her fingers clutching the edge of the table between them.
"Guess what?" she started, her voice laced with urgency.
But before she could even finish, Liam leaned back, exhaling as he cut her off with a smirk.
"You saw Valentina, didn't you?" His tone was eerily calm, almost like he had been expecting this.
"All her burn scars are gone."
Immediately Chloe's eyes widened in disbelief. She felt her heart drop to the pit of her stomach.
"You… you already knew?" Her voice came out in a whisper, laced with shock. "How?" She shook her head, taking a step back as if the truth itself was physically pushing her away. "How did you know, Liam?"
Liam's smirk didn't falter. He swirled the whiskey in his glass, his eyes gleaming with something unreadable. "Bernard," he said simply.
