Adam watched Victoria as she struggled to articulate her thoughts. She cleared her throat and nestled closer to him, finally settling on something that she seemed to believe was right. “She thought, for the first time in a long time, that she had someone to rely on. I mean, really rely on. Someone who’d help to drag her out of the quagmire she’d trapped herself in. I know how underhand she could be. I saw that for myself. How cold and calculating sometimes. She’d become one of those people who enjoyed the fact that money talks. But, even now, I still think… there’s hope for her yet.”
really enjoyed “Did she know? Did she know that you were… ill?” Adam breathed softly.
“Yes, I told her about the tumour. I needed something to gain her trust and that seemed as good a thing as any. A bargain
