"Mr. Cole, I'm a little worried this is going to get misread."
Naomi gave him a subtle hint.
Sebastian, unbothered, offered four flat words. "Don't worry about it."
Naomi let it go.
They headed for the garage. Sebastian drove her straight to Crestview General.
Naomi found the ward number Ms. Carter had given her and spotted a figure already standing outside the door.
Julian.
Naomi's expression iced over instantly. She understood now the "classmate" who'd given Lily the honey water, the one Ms. Carter had been deliberately vague about on the phone, was him.
He'd caused an enormous mess just yesterday, and here he was, barely a day later, doing it again.
Whatever was left of her patience for him evaporated completely.
Naomi didn't spare Ethan a glance and walked straight into the r
