It had been twenty-four hours since Mason’s post broke the internet, and Liam hadn’t said a single word about it.

No text. No reaction. Nothing.

Either he hadn’t seen the buzz, or he was pretending it didn’t exist. And with Liam Black, both were equally possible.

But I knew I had to talk to him. He was my boyfriend now. His opinion mattered, even when he acted like it didn’t.

We were out by the pool behind his mansion, tangled in one of those easy, post-swim silences. I was curled ...