Breaking Point

She froze, staring at him in stunned disbelief.

“You did promise,” Killian repeated, clinging to the words like a drowning man to driftwood. “Sloanie, you can’t go back on that.”

Sloane let out a sharp, mirthless laugh, tears glazing her eyes. “No wonder people say Mr. Vancroft plots three steps ahead. I never imagined you calculated even this. You made me pledge forgiveness as insurance, didn’t y