Ivy could hardly wrap her head around it. This didn’t align with the version of Ethan she thought she knew.

Sure, Ethan treated her well, but she'd always chalked it up to his ulterior motives, to seduce her. That's why she thought he occasionally went along with her wishes. Nothing more than to sleep with her.

She'd assumed his kindness was fleeting, superficial, something that wouldn’t stand in the way of his business interests.

But now Sam was ...