"She found out by accident," Liam said quickly. "But Thorne... you should have seen how she reacted. She froze."
The silence that followed Liam's words was so heavy the air in the office seemed to crystallize.
"She froze?" I repeated, and my own voice sounded foreign to me, like the creaking of old wood about to break.
I turned toward the window, observing the campus bathed in the shadows of dusk, while my mind projected the image of Maren receiving the news.
The idea of her knowing my birthday was the same day I had invited her to my house churned my insides.
On the other hand, Liam shifted uncomfortably on the sofa, putting away the necklace case I had ordered weeks ago in a burst of masochistic hope.
It wasn't just the fact that she knew; it was the fact that she might decide not
