One by one, I unbuttoned his shirt, my voice barely above a whisper.
“I didn’t get to eat dinner. You’ll have to make it up to me.”
Something flickered in his expression. “Are you sure—”
Before he could finish, I silenced him with a forceful kiss, swallowing his words.
“Liam, you were never a burden to me.”
That night, the world felt upside down like nothing existed beyond us.
But now, as he casually brought up the past, his fiancée sat right beside him, the picture of intimacy.
To the rest of the world, those memories belonged to them.
A sharp, suffocating bitterness exploded in my heart.
His closeness enveloped me in a scent both familiar and distant, seeping in before I even realized it.
It was everywhere, overwhelming.
But it no longer belonged to me.
He paused for a moment, letting the applause from the audience settle before speaking one last time.
“I will always remember the moonlight that night—so bright it illuminated everything. I couldn’t see, but I listened to her talk the whole night.”
My grip tightened around my pen as I hurriedly lowered my head.
A sharp sting burned in my eyes.
…
Because I had improvised some of my questions, digging up details no one had ever heard before, the interview was a massive success.
By the end of the show, the live stream’s viewership had surpassed ten million.
For the first time, the public had gotten a glimpse into the hidden past of the Hughes family’s powerful heir.
Excitement buzzed through the air.
Backstage, Emma clapped me on the shoulder. “You’ve got some wits for a journalist. That last-minute question? It was brutal enough that he had no choice but to answer.”
But as she turned her head, she suddenly froze.
Liam and Linda were walking straight toward us.
She suddenly fell silent.
Liam’s gaze swept over me, cool and unreadable. “Did you come up with today’s questions?”
I nodded.
Linda’s voice was sweet, but her words carried thorns.
“Miss Burns, you certainly know how to hit where it hurts. But let me remind you—basic professional ethics matter. You shouldn’t covet things that are out of your league.”
I didn’t say a word.
