The First Meeting

"I accept!" Chloe declared. Her voice rang out crisp and clear in the quiet confines of the office. She looked straight into Declan’s cold eyes, her chin tilted up in defiance. She refused to bow to his intense, deterrent gaze. After five long years of agonizing separation, the chance to finally live with her son was a miracle. She would gladly agree to anything.

She reached across the expansive