Scarlett thought about it for a long time.

She turned every angle over in her mind — what she had to gain, what she stood to lose — and only after she'd seen it all clearly did she finally pick up the phone and call Damien.

Damien had come home early to spend time with his son, and he was in a rare good mood. When Scarlett's name lit up his screen, that mood got even better. He assumed she was calling to back down — to soften, to yield. It wasn't an ...