Her heels clicked softly as she slowed. “I heard Liam had a check-up.”
I narrowed my eyes. “Are you stalking us now?”
She rolled her eyes with a slight chuckle. “Don’t be dramatic, Arianne. I just came to talk. Woman to woman.”
I should have walked away. Should have told her to stay out of my sight. But I didn’t. Maybe because the fire inside me wanted a closer look at the woman Zach had risked it all for.
I walked past her. “Fine. Five minutes. That’s all you get.”
We ended up at the hospital coffee shop, tucked in a quiet corner booth. Celine sat across from me, perfectly poised. “You look tired,” she said, stirring her tea.
“I am tired,” I replied, not bothering with fake smiles. “Because I’m raising my son while cleaning up after your affair.”
Her expression didn’t falter. “You should stop looking at me like I’m the villain. Zach made a choice. I didn’t force him.”
A bitter laugh escaped me. “You seduced a married man and now you’re surprised he left?”
She smiled again, slower this time. “He didn’t just leave, Arianne. He left for me. He told me things he couldn’t say to you. That he was suffocating. That he wanted someone who truly saw him.”