Chapter 225

SIENNA

The lie left my mouth so easily I almost hated myself for how natural it sounded.

“It’s Celine,” I said, lifting the phone just enough for him to see the contact name—without giving him a chance to read anything else. “She and Tessa were checking up on me.”

Gideon didn’t blink.

Didn’t look away.

His stare stayed on me, sharp as cut glass, dissecting every twitch of my face, every bea