ALLISON.

The day passed far faster than I expected. Most of it blurred into a quiet routine with me curled up in the living room, and Liam stationed on the adjacent couch. Sometimes he’d step out to take calls, and I assumed they were from his pack. Other times, he’d have his laptop open while working on something I didn’t know and didn’t care to ask. But every now and then, I’d catch him glancing at me, as if checking if I was still breathing while he was doing his own thing. And ...