*Alistair*

‘What the f*ck did my mother just call Daphne?’

Alistair was on the verge of seeing red the moment he and his wife stepped into the study and saw just how furious Evelyn looked. But when he heard her bitter utterance slip past her lips, Blackwood felt a whole surge of a rage spike under his skin.

‘...Miss Sullivan...’

It was as if someone had stabbed him with an ice pick and proceeded to rub salt in the wound. ...