Chapter 65

• Danielle hadn’t slept.
• She told herself it was because of the looming Carter Enterprises meeting, but that was only half the truth. The real reason sat across the kitchen table from her now—Alexander Sterling, impossibly composed in his dark shirt, sipping coffee like nothing between them was broken.
• He had shown up early, unannounced, with Theo in tow. The boy had rushed into her arms, warm and giggling, while Alexander watched silently from the doorway.