The Prison-Made Queen novel Chapter 670

They were a pair of soft, light gray slippers.

Before their recent falling out, Leilani had figured she'd be coming over to Callahan's place often enough that she might as well buy a matching pair of slippers to keep there. Both of their pairs were the same light gray color.

She slipped them on and looked up to meet Callahan's smiling eyes.

"What are you smiling at?" Leilani asked, confused.

Why had Callahan been looking at her like that all day? It was starting to make her feel a little self-conscious.

Callahan closed the door and took the coat she'd taken off. "It's nothing. I was just thinking..."

He paused, his voice low and rich. "You seem more and more at ease here. More and more like the lady of the house."

Leilani's ears grew warm, and she shot him a playful glare. "Oh, stop it."

She walked to the living room, sat on the sofa, and grabbed a throw pillow to hug.

Callahan went to the kitchen, poured her a glass of water, and sat down beside her to discuss their relationship. "How about tomorrow I have the PR department draft a statement to announce our relationship?"

Now that she had accepted his proposal, marriage was just around the corner. It seemed like the right time to go public.

Leilani's hand, which was taking the glass, paused. "No."

Sometimes, the world worked in infuriating ways. No matter what the Sloans had done to her in the past, as long as she was legally Hackett's daughter, he could use that fact to manipulate her, control her, or paint her as an ungrateful child if she refused.

If it were just her, Leilani wouldn't care much about public opinion. Her own happiness was all that mattered. But Callahan was different. She didn't want him to get dragged into her mess.

Thinking about the Sherwood family's strange behavior towards the Sloans, Leilani quickly found a better reason to convince him. She shared her suspicions with Callahan. "I suspect the Sherwood family's recent moves might be aimed at the Sloans."

Callahan's gaze sharpened. "Fitch?"

At Milford and Tamara's wedding that day, Callahan's attention had been entirely on Leilani, so he hadn't noticed anything unusual.