CHAPTER 270

Talia unconsciously positioned herself behind the couch, putting a barrier between her and whoever was on the other side of the door. Logically she knew it wasn’t Mark, but her anxious brain didn’t understand logic of any kind. That knock on the door was a threat, and the biggest perceived threat in her life right now was Mark.

Parker was the first to respond, sighing and dropping his head for a moment before crossing to the door. Carter remained standing where he was, not even looking at her. She couldn’t get a read on him or understand what he was trying to do. Sure, she was the one to reach out to him in a drunken daze, but he could have simply dropped her off at Mark’s house and wiped his hands off her and the problems she was causing. Besides the fact he kept sending her mixed messages, and she didn’t know whose side he was on—hers or Mark’s.

Parker opened the door and Talia took a deep breath, stealing herself against the stares she knew were bound to come. Her Talia J