Chapter 254

That look in his eyes was eerily calm—too calm. It was the kind of calm that made Fiona Barrington shiver unconsciously, like he could see straight through her. "Fiona," Ethan Blackwood finally spoke, his voice steady, "there are some things... you probably don't want me to bring up again." He sounded flat, emotionless, but the warning in his tone couldn’t have been clearer. Fiona got the message loud and clear—and her breathing started to get shaky. She had no idea how much Ethan actually knew about what happened six years ago, but one thing was for sure—he definitely knew about the cornea, and what happened with Clara Walton’s mom. That much, he was never in the dark about. And yet, not once had Ethan confronted her about it. Not with words, at least. But this—this was exactly why she’d never been able to get close to him again. Now, just hearing him bring it up made her heart pound like crazy, her thoughts spiraling. All the questions she’d wanted to ask, all the things she planned