“See? That wasn’t so hard now, was it?” Logan grinned, running his thumb over her signature on the booklet he’d picked as his copy.
On the one hand, he felt like a bastard for cornering her the way he did. On the other hand, he couldn’t quite quash the satisfaction of how easily she’d caved. Honestly, he’d expected an all-out legal standoff—courtroom drama and all—but she’d surprised him.
Maybe she really would make a good mother, one who put her children first, despite wanting them primarily to get out of a forced arranged marriage. And despite her strange, tangled relationship with her family, it was clear she still cared about them and their opinion.
Both reasons made his victory feel hollow—like winning the battle but losing the war. He’d hoped for something. But what? A flinch, a
