Chapter 49

Sofia's POV

The car door shut with a satisfying click, sealing the two of us away from the dreary gray of the cemetery. As the tinted windows muted the world outside, I leaned back in my seat and allowed myself the smallest, most indulgent smile. The kind of smile that starts slow and deep, curling up from the chest like smoke.

God, that had gone perfectly.

I could still see the look on Ethan’s face when the whispers began, when Lauren’s sharp eyes narrowed and her lips parted in that little gasp of disbelief. And the way the rest of the crowd had turned like vultures scenting a fresh kill toward him, toward the man who’d been so certain he could keep his dirty little visit to me a secret.

Of course, he hadn’t realized that when I’d leaned in with what he thought was affection to straighten his collar, I was really doing something far more delicious. My fingers had lingered just enough to press the tiny mic — no bigger than a button — into pl