The silence after Ethan's words still hung in the air.
None of this changes how I feel about any of you.
That sentence carried more weight than anything they'd expected to hear.
Evelyn still held onto his arm gently. Everly leaned just slightly against his side, her earlier nerves softened by his steady presence.
Lilith's eyes didn't leave him. She studied his posture, the tone of his voice, the way he looked at everyone—not with hesitation, but quiet certainty.
After a few seconds, Liliana broke the silence with a low hum. "You know… now that you've heard all this, we probably owe you an apology."
Ethan raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For assuming you didn't know," Isabella said, folding her arms with a small smile. "You picked up on way more than we thought."
"Honestly, you made it easy," Ethan replied. "You didn't act like you were hiding anything. You just… lived your lives.
Confident. Untouchable. I figured if I waited long enough, the truth would show itself."
