Francesca didn’t go to Yonderhaven.

She knew Julian too well—this was the kind of game he played. He was waiting for her to cross that threshold, so he could dismantle her defenses step by step, brick by brick.

But the situation at Jenkins Group was teetering on the edge of catastrophe.

The call came from Grant’s mother, Mrs. Jenkins, inviting Francesca out for coffee.

Even when trouble touched the Jenkins family, Mrs. Jenkins still ...