~Becklan's POV~
The kissing stopped instantly. The air in the room seemed to vanish. I felt his body go rigid against mine, his breath hitching.
"Look at me and be honest," I said, turning in his arms to face him, my eyes searching his face. "Did you have sex with Theo yesterday?"
The silence stretched, cold and suffocating, until Leon finally let out a jagged breath. He pulled back, not to move away, but to look me directly in the eyes. His expression wasn't one of guilt; it was one of pure, unadulterated shock.
"No," he said, his voice cracking with the weight of the word. "Beck, no. Absolutely not."
He gripped my shoulders, his fingers digging in slightly as if he could force me to feel his sincerity.
"I went there because my brother said there was an emergency," he said quietly, his voice heavy with tension. "But it wasn't. It was a setup. Theo was already there when I arrived."
He paused, choosing his words carefully.
