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“What are you doing here?” I ask and his brightness edges away at my sharp tone. “I don’t mean... I mean, I’m surprised.”
“I made a promise to Ella,” he says. “I thought I should keep that one since I’m bad at keeping my promises to people recently.”
Honey.
He’s turning my brain into liquid, and I have no idea what to say. The shock from his arrival and his proximity tear me from the world of children’s parties as I continue my dumb staring.
“How are you?” he asks.
“Mmm.”
“Mmm?”
My heart thumps in my ears and I cringe at my behaviour. Liam’s misreading the situation because he steps back. From the corner of my eye, I see the other mums watching in stunned silence. This situation is ridiculous.
“Did you want a drink?” I ask, eventually. “Or something to eat? Did you come far?”
Liam surveys the remains of the party food. With a glint in his eye, he picks upa pink-covered cupcake. “These look like they’d suit me.”
“Really?”
“Sweet.”
I look past him, not wanting to engage with the past. He walks through the door, bowls over my daughter with his attention, and then immediately mentions something from the night we kissed.
Liam has an agenda.
