The night air carried the cool scent of early spring, and Liam and I stood outside the estate holding hands without saying a word. Neither of us moved. Neither of us seemed willing to break the silence first.
When a gust of wind made me shiver, Liam finally snapped back to reality. He hurriedly shrugged off his suit jacket and draped it around my shoulders before looking down at me with concern still lingering in his eyes.
I tightened the coat around myself and looked straight at him.
"So what exactly are you trying to do here?"
The question clearly caught him off guard. For a second, he just stared at me, then his expression shifted into something strangely wounded.
"What am I trying to do?" he said incredulously. "Nora, you slept with me and then vanished without a word. Even a hook
