Zoe POV

Chloe takes one step back.

It’s involuntary — I can tell by the way she catches herself immediately, planting her feet, squaring her jaw, pushing her chest forward like she’s correcting a stumble she doesn’t want anyone to have noticed. But I saw it. The whole room saw it.

“That is ridiculous.” Her voice comes out too fast, just slightly. “I had nothing to do with any of that. I didn’t know what was going to happen. I didn’t know anything.” Her ...