The penthouse felt different when Lia stepped inside. Same sleek marble floors, same floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city, same expensive artwork on the walls. But everything had shifted, tilted sideways, because she was different now. She carried a secret that changed the shape of the world.
Caspian looked up from his laptop at the kitchen island, dark eyes finding hers immediately. "There you are. How was lunch with Sophie?"
The lie came easier than it should have. "Good. She's thinking about grad school."
He studied her for a moment too long, and Lia forced herself to hold his gaze. The pregnancy test was in her purse, wrapped in tissue, hidden like evidence of a crime. Her hand had been shaking when she'd taken it in Sophie's bathroom, watching the second line appear like a
