Chapter 123

Harper

After a while, I turned toward Declan. “About your mother—”

He cut me off, voice low but even. “Not now, Harper.”

There was no anger in it, just exhaustion. A line drawn quietly in the sand.

Gavin’s grip tightened on the steering wheel. “I shouldn’t have said that,” he murmured. “Not like that. I was… pissed. It wasn’t fair to you.”

Declan didn’t look at him. “Forget it.”

Gavin didn’t. I co