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The Prime Suspect

Author: Royal Gibbons
last update publish date: 2026-03-17 02:48:33

Chapter 18

The music inside the club pounded through the walls like a restless heartbeat.

Sophia stood near the bar, her mind still spinning after everything Luke had just told her. The truth about the sabotage five years ago had cracked something open between them. Suspicion, anger, doubt—everything felt tangled together.

Luke stood across from her, watching her carefully.

“You’re quiet,” he said.

“I’m thinking.”

“About what?”

Sophia held his gaze.

“About whether you’ve been lying to me since
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