Serena didn’t say a word. She simply nodded slightly to the butler and strode into the villa.

The butler was confused. This wasn’t how he’d imagined it would go. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have left them alone together.

Inside the villa, in the living room, Emma stood awkwardly in one corner, facing Owen Lancaster’s mother, whose face was cold and full of authority.

"What are you standing there for? Get this woman out of ...