ROWEN

I put the phone down and leaned back in my chair, letting the message on the screen settle in like a slow-burning fuse.

You want honesty? I don’t know if I still love him. But I know I want to destroy him. Does that count?

A slow smile curved across my lips. The kind I hadn’t worn in a long time. A very satisfying and purpose filled smile.

Good. She was learning fast.

She didn’t need certainty. She needed a reason. I didn’t care if she still loved Ethan or not. All that mattered was that she had a crack in her resolve big enough to wedge revenge into....