Chapter: 2307

"What do you think you're doing?" she hissed, her voice teetering between outrage and disbelief. "I'm going to call for help.”

"Go ahead. Calvin's just in the next room. Call him. Let him hear us together."

The implication was clear, stark, and audacious. Calvin would know. The quiet flicker of his hope would be extinguished in an instant.

Mia stared at Rowland, her mind grasping for a semblance of logic. Was he actually saying this?

Rowland's gaze bore into hers, steady and unflinching. "Mia, I'm serious."