This was the nightmare she had feared most in the past few days. The nightmare she could have avoided if she had only been honest with the man she loved. He might have been angry, but at least he would have known the truth from her own lips, not some investigator’s, who had likely twisted all she’d done in the worst possible light. Although, at present, there didn’t seem to be a positive light. She shuddered, her stomach turning and her eyes filling with tears she blinked away. She didn’t deserve them. She glanced toward Violet and Liam. They were arguing, but nothing they said made any sense to her. Their words had no meaning in the face of what she had just lost due to her own stupidity. “Please leave,” Liam finally said, his words piercing Olivia’s fog. “Liam,” Violet gasped and there was true pain in her voice. “Just go,” he repeated. Violet only stared at him for a moment. “Did I not make myself clear?” he sneered. She shook her head. “No, my lord. You are very clear.
