Calculated Gamble

Sloane kept her voice level. “I never truly believed you, Killian Vancroft. I was gambling—gambling that this time you would not lie and that, when the hour comes, you will really send me home. I pray I have not made the wrong bet.”

Killian let out a thin, bitter laugh. “If you do win this gamble, Sloane, will you ever allow yourself to trust me?”

Sloane shook her head. “Trust is not that easy t