To my shock, Liam O’Grady turned his smile on me but his eyes were …blazing.

I stiffened.

Job? I thought stupidly. What was he talking about?

Had he misunderstood me yesterday?

But my stepmother was gabbing away cheerfully, blissfully unaware of the tension in the room. But then, she was nicely drunk, I thought wearily.

Heather, whose hand he had been holding, clasped his with both her hands fervently, as she said, happily,

“Oh, Bianca, it’s your ...