TRIXIE'S POV I stared down at the golden-boy Beta kneeling on the floor in front of my desk, my brows pulling together in sheer disbelief. "What the f**k?" I blurted out, my voice slicing through the dead silence of the lecture hall. "What are you doing? Is this supposed to be some pathetic trick to make me feel bad?" Liam didn't move. He kept his hands planted on the cold floor, his head bowed, looking like a tragic victim in front of fifty staring students. "You were literally making threats to my face outside the courtroom yesterday!" I yelled, waving my hand dramatically toward him. "And now you're... whatever the hell this embarrassing display is supposed to be!" In a flash, the desperate, pleading look vanished from Liam’s face. He snapped his head up, pushed himself off the fl

