Chapter 51: Out of surgery

The morning sunlight streamed into Liam’s bedroom, waking him with a dull ache in his head. He groaned, sitting up slowly and rubbing his temples. His memory of the previous night was hazy at best, but flashes of Aria’s voice and her presence at the club came back to him.

“Damn it,” he muttered under his breath.

Pushing himself off the bed, he headed to the bathroom to freshen up. The cold water splashing against his face helped clear the fog in his mind. As he looked at himself in the mirror, he scowled. The last thing he needed was to mix business and personal...