Chapter 277

LYDIA'S POV

The air inside the Monarch Crest Hotel was thick with quiet luxury. Soft piano music hummed somewhere down the grand marble hallway, but every step I took over the heavy velvet carpets felt like walking toward a courtroom.

Callum stayed two steps behind me as we made our way toward the private dining corridor on the third floor.

He didn't say a word, but his hand was resting firmly on