Scarlett's resolve wavered.
She was deeply disappointed in Ryan, but she still wanted to watch him grow up safe and healthy.
Cassian didn't make empty threats.
If she continued refusing him, Scarlett believed he really would stop her from seeing Ryan.
But the Hearthlight Initiative didn't belong to her alone. Too many people had invested their work and their hopes in it.
Scarlett couldn't sacrifice her colleagues' rights for her own personal wishes.
"Elowen can bring one person at most."
"Three," Cassian countered immediately.
"Two is the maximum," Scarlett said. "If you keep pushing, I'd rather stay married than let you get what you want."
Cassian was so angry he nearly choked. "Fine. Two."
He made a call, and before long Elowen arrived upstairs with her people.
Elowen smiled s
