I squared my shoulders, lifting my chin. "Well, now that you've conducted your little test, I should be proud of myself?"
Niklaus's smirk softened into something more dangerous. Something knowing.
"Oh, Mia," he murmured, stepping closer. "You should be proud but who said I came here only for that?"
The air between us crackled.
I swallowed hard, but I refused to back down.
Niklaus Hathaway was many things—wealthy, powerful, maddeningly smug. But whatever game he thought he was playing… I wasn't going to let him win.
He tilted his head, amusement flickering in his sharp gaze. "Or not, you shouldn't be that proud. After all, you didn't get very far, did you?"
I rolled my eyes and huffed, heat creeping into my cheeks. "Ha-ha, very funny."
