Marcus POV

I sat alone in my office long after Vanya and Richmond had left, staring at the empty conference room where everything had changed. The papers from Kingston's investment offer were still scattered across the table, but I couldn't focus on them. All I could think about was the look on Vanya's face when I told her I was in love with her.

Shock. That's what I had seen in her beautiful brown eyes. Complete shock, like the idea had never crossed her mind in twenty years of ...