Vanessa's POV

Vanessa had never liked waiting. Waiting meant giving another person the advantage, and she'd spent her whole life taking advantages before anyone else could. In her world, hesitation was weakness, and weakness gets you buried.

And lately, Damian had been ignoring her, making her wait.

At first, she had brushed it off. He was busy, he always was. Running the Blackwood Enterprises, fighting his father's decisions, catching flights round the world to sign billion-dollar deals. ...