I sense Cayden wanting to move, and I take a step forward to lay a hand on his shoulder.

“Think of Missy,” I whisper before grinning at the bitch. “Madam Patricia, how lovely to see you again.”

Her smile falls only for a split second before she regains it again. "It’s still Rachel, Hendrick.”

“Rachie, right!” Finnegan shouts as he puts his arm around Matthew’s shoulder, and both look at her with a smug expression. “How is life treating you?”

The men laugh while Cayden holds out his hand, summoning Artemisia to his side, who had been looking at him expectantly while she must have noticed the tension in the...