Setting the Bait

NOLAN'S POV

As the door closed, I smirked and turned before walking away. I didn’t look back. Not at the door, not at the hallway and definitely not at anything that had Piper on the other side of it.

Instead, I walked. Calm. Measured. Like nothing had shifted. Like everything was still exactly where I wanted it.

Only when I stepped outside the building did I finally reach into my pocket and pull