Chapter 46
DANIEL
I brought it up over dinner, the way I'd been rehearsing for two days now, trying to find an angle that wouldn't sound as raw as it actually felt underneath.
"You saw Leo recently," I said, keeping my voice even, casual, watching her face closely as I said it. "At that cafe near the courthouse."
Something flickered across her expression, too fast for me to name it clearly, gone before I could decide if it was surprise or something more careful.
"I did," she said, setting her fork down, meeting my eyes directly. "We ran into each other. I was having lunch with Marcus and Leo stopped by to grab something. Why?"
"Sophia mentioned it," I said. "Said it looked cozy. His hand at your back, walking you out."
"His hand at my back," she repeated, something sharpening in her
