Chapter 59
Liam did not simply let the matter rest.
Over the following days, Callie began noticing small, unsettling signs that he had shifted his approach entirely, no longer relying purely on direct threats and confrontation, but something quieter, more patient, more calculating instead.
She caught him watching her more than once, lingering near doorways she happened to pass through, positioning himself at meals where he could observe her interactions with the rest of the household without drawing obvious attention to his scrutiny. His eyes tracked her movements with unsettling precision whenever she made her way toward the guest wing each morning, toward the small desk where Chase's genuine and manufactured correspondence continued to provide her daily excuse for escaping the worst o
