Hailey’s expression betrayed no emotion as she met his gaze directly.

“I’m sorry,” she repeated in an impassive tone. “I was out of line. I shouldn’t have interfered.”

Christian blinked. Well, this was certainly a first.

Normally, whenever women apologized, it was to gain something out of him. Maybe she had something concocted there in that pretty little head of hers?

“I thought you said that you have a sense of justice,” he pointed out. “That you did not do anything wrong and that you refuse to apologize to someone like me.”

“I still think that way,” she said simply.

Well, that was a surprise.

“Oh really?” he said sarcastically....