Chapter 62

• "Then do the right thing," he told her in a soft voice. "Apologize to Sophie. She was arrested, Vanessa! Do you even understand how serious that is?"
• Vanessa threw her hands up in exasperation. "So what? She deserves it! She's been lingering around you for far too long, and I'm sick of it. I'm your fiancée, Ethan. I should be the one you're defending, not her!"
• Ethan stared at her, feeling a growing sense of disillusionment. "This isn't about taking sides, Vanessa. This is about right and wrong. Sophie didn't do anything to you, and you know it. But you're using this situation to paint her as some villain, and I can't stand by and let that happen."