Waiting upstairs for her answer? As Fury stood taut and motionless, watching him stride up the stairs two at a time, her mind screamed that would be when hell froze. The bastard had blackmailed her for nothing. She'd have dealt with Thomas and the cellar by now if he hadn't been constantly disrupting her life.

As for him bounding down the stairs to meet her just now? Did he think she couldn't see the hall wall behind him, he was that damned transparent? And when she'd still to ...