"I was in the middle of thanking someone…" Liam said in a microphone while looking at him and clearly displeased as someone had just interrupted him at the most important moment.
"So why did you stand up?"
Ethan froze at those words. His brain stalled for half a second, his body stiffening as if his muscles had suddenly locked up.
"…Huh?" He blinked, as if he had misheard. A strange silence settled over the hall. No one spoke. No one even breathed. For a moment, it was as if the entire world had paused.
Then… Lily spoke as he heard the most absurd thing in the world "What do you mean?" Lily's voice broke the silence. She frowned, confusion and slight annoyance flashing across her face as she turned toward Liam.
"Isn't the person you're thanking Ethan?" she asked, her tone growing more assertive.
