LILA'S POV
I snap the folder shut, my face burning. For a moment, I just sit there, breathing through it.
Then I lift my eyes to Wade's.
“I need a pen.”
He hands me one, and I sign on the dotted line before I can talk myself out of it.
My signature looks shaky and uncertain, but it's done.
Wade signs next, his signature bold and confident, and just like that, I've sold the next year of my life.
"Have you told Liam?" he asks as he files the contract away.
My stomach drops. "Not yet. He wasn't home last night. I'm telling him today."
"What are you going to tell him?"
"The truth." At his raised eyebrow, I quickly add, "Sort of. I'm going to say you offered me a live-in position for an important business deal. That it's purely professional."
Wade nods slowly. "That works. It's belie
