Silence settled between them.
Their eyes remained locked, and an indescribable tension flowed quietly through the room.
Suzy gazed steadily at Liam. He looked back at her without blinking. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, his eyes became glossier. Redder.
Seeing that expression, Suzy's heart skipped a beat.
Then another.
She could tell his emotions were in complete turmoil. Gratitude, guilt, relief, fear... so many feelings were tangled together that even she couldn't sort them apart.
What she cared about even more, however, was something else.
How much did his affection increase?
After everything that had happened, surely it had risen.
If she were lucky... Maybe she'd completed the conquest. That would be perfect.
But reality was rarely that generous.
She waited.
One second. Two. Three. The system remained silent.
No notification chimed in.
A flicker of disappointment crossed her heart.
As expected... it wasn't enough.
There had to be one final push.
