Part 13: She shrugged. Respect is earned, and he hadn’t earned it. Remind me never to piss you off. Smart man. They exited near Everett, following Vivien’s…

Part 14: ” Fair point. She unbuckled her seat belt and turned to face him. I had fun. Actual fun. Not business dinner pretending to have fun….

Part 15: Real life is her needing to take calls at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday while I’m trying to figure out how to keep my shop open….

Part 16: We’re looking at regular maintenance on about 50 vehicles a month, plus emergency repairs as needed. You’d need at least one other mechanic, maybe two.”…

Part 17: He should be terrified. Instead, he was just excited to see her again. Wednesday arrived with the inevitability of a deadline Ethan couldn’t postpone. He…

Part 18: Vivien, darling, a woman in her 60s approached, dripping in diamonds. I haven’t seen you since the Grayson acquisition. How did that turn out? Exactly…

Part 19: Ethan tuned most of it out, watching instead the way Viven’s expression shifted when she thought no one was looking. Tired, lonely, like she was…

Part 20: The valet brought the Jaguar around, and Ethan tipped him with the last of his cash before sliding into the driver’s seat. “Where, too?” he…

Part 21: Hi, he said. Hi. I was just thinking about about how I want this to work. Us. I want it so badly. It scares me….