Liam was heartbroken for a second.

He gave himself a second before he added, “She has a compassionate soul!”

That took Gwynn back to a couple of years ago when she first met Zoe. In fact, she was indebted to her. Zoe purposefully took a flight from Nihonburg to Silvercrest and took good care of Maddox and his family. She was eternally grateful for that.

She was about to say something when she suddenly caught Liam’s expression.

Stunned, she asked, “Do you love Zoe?”

His face was filled with sorrow at once, but he didn’t deny it. He asked for a cigarette from the warden, lit it up, and smoked it quietly. He threw his mind back to the afternoon when he saw Zoe for the first time.

His office was dimly lit, casting a bleak glow on her perky, yet depressed face. That did nothing to diminish her beauty, though.

Liam had only ever thrown himself into work and revenge in the past. He never really thought about ladies and his sex life. In fact, he didn’t even spend much time sating his