Chapter 28: Trust and Temptations
(Olivia's POV)
I glanced lightly at Vanessa, then turned to Connor with an unreadable expression. The hospital room felt suffocating with tension.
"If I say Vanessa is lying, would you believe me?" I asked quietly.
Connor froze, his ice-blue eyes widening slightly. The silence stretched between us, heavy and uncomfortable.
I mocked myself inwardly. How could I have been foolish enough to ask such a question? Of course he would choose Vanessa. She was the girl who had grown up with him, the one he saw as a sister. I was merely a mate-to-be he hadn't seen for three years, with little emotional foundation between us.
Anyone would expect Connor to choose Vanessa.
Yet, after only a moment's hesitation, Connor's ice-blue eyes grew firm as he declar
