Tears filled my eyes, but I blinked them away. I wouldn’t tell Alexander about my illness. Instead, I’d made Lilith promise to keep my secret while I focused on completing our contract so he would reject me.
Besides, he hadn’t even returned from getting my soda, and Liam said he had to leave to prepare for a meeting, which only solidified my belief that what had happened between us in the alley had been a mistake.
Suddenly, I noticed something on the bedside table that hadn’t been there when I fell asleep.
A vase filled with cherry blossoms.
I gasped softly, sitting up. My favorite flowers. But who would have brought them? Lilith had left to get some rest and gather some things for me at the house, and she wasn’t back yet. Maybe Liam?
Before I could ponder it further,
