I was simply another guest.
She was wrong.
I had come aboard carrying evidence.
And Liam was only the first truth Alexander would discover.
Alexander followed me below deck.
“Claire.”
I kept walking.
“Claire, stop.”
I stopped outside a private conference room and turned.
“What?”
The anger he used to wear so easily was gone.
What replaced it looked much worse.
Fear.
His voice dropped.
“Is Liam mine?”
I held his gaze.
“He has always been yours.”
Alexander grabbed the wall.
“You never told me.”
“I tried.”
“No.”
He shook
