KYOLINE clears her throat. "Of course. How stupid of ME. It's so generous of you and VINCENT to decide what is best for ME to do without even asking ME what I desire. I don't know how I'M ever going to thank the two of you."

"You have a better idea?"

"Besides pretending to be engaged?"

"Yeah, because I'M listening."

She opens her mouth and then clamps it shut.

"That's what I thought."

She isn't yet won over by the plan, and ISAAC scowls at her as HE deliberates a way to get her to go along. "Play a game of chess with me. If I win, you are MY...