It wasn’t like Niko to insist on touching her, and this wasn’t a show of surrogacy for Maya, because Niko wasn’t supposed to be one of her surrogates and she doubted Maya could even see where his hand was resting beneath the table. Isobel subtly slipped her hand from her lap to cover his, and he immediately turned his palm, twisting their fingers together tightly. So tightly it was almost painful.
