The call ended.
Silence swallowed the room whole.
Amelia stared at Damien.
Damien stared at the phone in his hand.
Neither of them moved.
Neither of them spoke.
Because Marcus's final words had shattered reality.
The woman who took Jethro is your wife.
It made no sense.
None.
Damien Blackwood wasn't married.
The entire country knew that.
Business magazines knew it.
The media knew it.
His employees knew it.
Even Amelia knew it.
So how could Marcus say something like that?
Finally, Damien lowered the phone.
His expression was darker than Amelia had ever seen.
"That's impossible."
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
The dangerous kind.
Amelia swallowed.
"Marcus sounded convinced."
"He was injured."
"He was still Marcus."
A muscle tightened in Damien's jaw.
He hated that
