In the next three days, Charlotte spent most of her time in the hospital with her mother who had a successful surgery and had been stabilized. She was still hospitalized for further supervision.

Meanwhile, Chase was in his office, with a pile of paperwork on the large, executive desk in front of him. Yet all he could think of was the fact that Mackenzie had accepted his offer, finally.

When she said it earlier, when asking for his help to save her friend’s mother, he had thought it was just her panic and desperation talking.

But, after Mrs. Weston was out of surgery and safe, Mackenzie still told him that...