~LIAM.
I stared at my reflection in the mirrored wall of one of the private rooms in the Hidden World. Soft music played in the background. My shirt was open, and the domino mask was in place. Anticipation thrummed under my skin like electricity, each nerve alive with the knowledge that tonight would change everything.
The Hidden World was a sanctuary, a space where the unspoken was granted permission to exist. Only those who were meant to find it ever did.
And Scarlett?
I always knew she would.
The resort had a way of whispering your desires into the air, turning them into things impossible for you to escape. Scarlett might have hidden the truth from me the night of the ball, but I saw it in her eyes. The curiosity. The pull.
She was already halfway here before she even stepped through that elevator.
So, I let her run. Let her flee with Lily, all righteous and rattled, thinking I’d just stand there, hel
