COLIN’S POV
Something is off the second I look at her.
Not small, not something I can ignore, just wrong in a way that settles under my skin and refuses to move, like whatever just happened didn’t end with that call.
Damn.
“What was that?” I ask, my voice lower now, careful, but there’s pressure under it because the way she’s standing, the way she’s holding that phone, none of it feels normal.
She shakes her head too fast, fingers tightening slightly. “It’s nothing. Just… a wrong call.”
Yeah, no.
I exhale slowly, dragging a hand through my hair, trying to stay patient even though something in me is already pushing forward. “You don’t have to lie to me like that,” I say, quieter now, watching her closely, “not when it’s this obvious something’s wrong.”
She doesn’t look at me, and th
