Nearly two weeks had passed since Keira's confrontation with Alexei, and she had to admit, grudgingly, that he'd kept his word. The weekend texts had stopped. The middle-of-the-night calls hadn't happened again. When she left the office last Friday evening, he'd actually nodded and said, "Have a great weekend, Warner."

It was... kind of unsettling.

She sat at her desk the following Monday morning, eyeing him through the glass wall of his office. He was on a call, nodding, occasionally making ...