Kaelon's POV As we walked towards the room, I could not help but notice how flushed she looked. I don't know how we managed to keep our hands off each other for this long, but I wasn't going to deny myself and her the pleasure of being together this weekend. I wasn't going to think of Aaron or work. I want her to feel how much I care about her. “Are you okay?” I asked, my voice breaking the silence. She glanced at me, her gaze lingering for a moment before she answered with a simple, “Yeah. I’m good.” But I knew she wasn’t. It was in the way her eyes shifted slightly away from mine, how she avoided meeting my gaze. She was holding back something. I was starting to realize that Liv had layers, things she wasn’t ready to share with me yet. But I couldn’t rush her, I knew that. Wh

