His To Claim
Her gaze flicked to Zara, eyes narrowing just enough to show the truth beneath the polish.
Zara met her look head-on cool, confident, unapologetic.
Hadley turned back to Cassian, forcing another brittle laugh. “Cassian, it’s my father’s birthday. Surely she can wait at the table.”
Cassian’s jaw tightened not in anger, but in a calm child tone that couldn't be questioned. “She comes with me,” he said simply.
The air changed, People were watching now, pretending not to.
Hadley blinked, stunned that anyone, especially Cassian, would contradict her so publicly. “That’s hardly….”