Delilah’s Pov

The room fell into a suffocating silence. Alyssa blinked, her lips parting as if she couldn’t quite grasp what I had just said. Her gaze shifted from me to Brian, confusion swimming in her eyes. Finally, she found her voice.

“What are you saying, Delilah? What do you mean he’s… a pervert?”

I forced a smile, brittle and sharp, the kind of smile that tasted like iron on the tongue. “You know what, Alyssa,” I said smoothly, “I wouldn’t want to spoil your ...