Liora’s POV
“Rowan, let’s be together. We’ll spend a day as a couple, and once I’ve had my fun, firing whoever I please, then we can break up.” The moment those words left my mouth, I felt the atmosphere of the room shift. I looked around to see Rowan fighting an amused smile on his face. I didn't know what had pushed me to say those words to him. Why I was suddenly feeling more confident and cocky today. Maybe it's because I wanted to put this woman in her place. Darla.
Darla on the other side was rattled. She looked horrified. I saw it in the tightness of her jaw, the stiff posture of someone caught between outrage and dread. Rowan hadn’t rebuked me for my boldness. He hadn’t put me in my place the way she clearly expected him to. No, he had indulged it, even entertained it. And
