Chapter 84

Liam

Kaia stayed after the ceremony.

I learned that the next morning because she was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee when I came downstairs.

I stopped.

She looked up.

“Morning.”

I considered turning around.

She saw that.

“Seriously?”

“No.”

“You were.”

“I forgot something upstairs.”

“What?”

I had nothing.

“My dignity.”

Kaia smiled into her coffee.

“Probably too late.”

I liked her.

Annoying.

I poured coffee.

Cassandra was nowhere in sight.

Suspicious.

Kade and Abby had left early for Daphne’s final examination before Blackridge.

Also suspicious.

I sat as far from Kaia as possible without making it obvious.

She looked at the empty chairs between us.

“Subtle.”

“I’m drinking coffee.”

“So am I.”

“Congratulations.”

She laughed.

Jasper perked up.

I told him to shut up.

Kaia ti