The garden had never felt so quiet.
Amelia stood beneath the soft glow of the estate lights, her heart pounding painfully against her ribs.
The question still hung between them.
“Why do you care so much?”
For the first time since they married, she had asked it directly.
No excuses.
No distractions.
No escape.
Just the truth.
Or at least the chance for it.
Ethan stood a few feet away.
His dark eyes remained fixed on her.
For once, the powerful CEO who always had an answer seemed completely still.
The night breeze moved gently through the trees surrounding them.
Neither spoke.
Neither looked away.
And somehow that silence felt more intimate than any conversation they had ever shared.
Amelia immediately regretted asking.
Not because she didn’t want the answer.
Because she w
