I tilted his chin up, asking a question I already knew the answer to: "What's wrong? Shouldn't you be happy seeing them attack your ex?"

His complicated gaze drifted past my fingertips into the distance. After a long pause, he snapped back: "I am happy. Thank you for getting revenge for me."

"No need to thank me. We're married, after all. Once we resolve this situation with her son, we'll go put the new cando in your name."

Ian's ex-wife showed up at ...