Lark kept Sasha away from his house for a few days longer as he converted one of the bedrooms to an office for her and satisfied himself that Lynn was really gone. Everywhere he went he checked to see if he was being followed. He even hired a private investigator to follow him when he went out. The private investigator reported that no one had followed him at any time and, finally satisfied that Lynn had decided to leave him alone, he had let Sasha come to his house.

She was amazed when she saw what he had done for her.

“Thank you so much, Lark. You didn’t have to,”...