H A I L E Y
Dinner was awkward.
The silence in the dining room was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Liam was pushing his food around his plate, his jaw ticking every second.
Dominic who was sitting at the head of the table, was trying to keep the peace, engaging in small talk with the both of them, but it was only Aria who was responding.
I couldn't blame him. He had a right to be angry. He had a right to feel betrayed. But I also needed him to see the bigger picture. I needed him to understand that Emily was a means to an end.
He kept stabbing at the piece of meat on his plate, and then he finally dropped the fork.
"I can't eat this," he said, pushing his plate away. "I've lost my appetite."
"Son," Dominic said, his tone gentle. "You need to eat. You need to keep your stre
