Illusion of Control

NOLAN’S POV

Victor noticed the car.

Of course he did. He wasn’t stupid. The moment Kellan stepped out with those ridiculous flowers and that carefully controlled expression, Victor had seen him.

He’d told me everything later, how he kept talking, how he leaned slightly closer than necessary, how he made that joke just to make Piper laugh a little louder.

Just enough. “Did he look bothered?” I’d as