Ava's POV
I tilted my head back to look at Liam, my lips parting, but he cut me off sharp. "You planning on doing the checkups tonight too?" he asked, his blue eyes locked on mine, intense, like he could see straight through me.
I nodded slowly, my heart doing this weird flip under his stare, my voice struggling to come out. "Yeah," I managed, hoarse.
“Good,” he muttered, a genuine, warm smile breaking through that made me step back, the Liam smile from before Lucy spread her lies about Steve and me screwing in the dirt to ruin me. "Report in tomorrow," he added, and before I could respond, he was striding down the corridor, his boots echoing, leaving me standing there, my skin buzzing from his gaze.
I shot a look at Steve, his jaw hanging slack. "What the hell was that with Liam?" I g
