COLE

She was clearly annoyed, but beyond that look, there was something else in her expression—the realization that I had caught onto her façade.

She stuttered for a split second, and that’s when I knew I was right. I couldn’t help the smile that stayed on my face.

I hadn’t entered her room intentionally. That was an honest mistake. I’d spent the day getting brunch at a high-end restaurant, then started visiting the bars in the city after my meeting with Liam Walker.

But I hadn’t drunk enough to make me hallucinate. Most of the time I was in there, I was thinking about what Liam had said and the...