Malik
Malik may not be able to read her mind, but he saw right through that lie. He would go with it for the time being. If that was what she needed. Why she told him they were dead, he didn't know. What he did know was he would be what she needed. He wasn't sure when it happened. The girl intrigued him when he saw her inside Byron's mind. And meeting her in person, all grown up, all woman, he was easily fascinated.
Then when he went to rip Byron's heart from his chest, those eyes are what stopped him. They bore into him like a storm sent to give him clarity. She was so willing to give everything up for a brother who had to do her wrong because Malik forced this life on him. Did the world really deserve Vanessa Owens? Did he? She was like a white rose that bloomed out of a pile of s**t.
