Chapter 53 Unspoken Fears

• The truth was that Sienna Hart had unsettled him. She was intelligent, driven, and unafraid to speak her mind. She gave herself to new experiences with the same courage she brought to her work. He admired that. Yet her jealousy, her sharp temper the other night, had stirred memories he did not want to revisit.
• He pressed a hand against his forehead, eyes closed. Was he punishing Sienna for the mistakes of others? Was he measuring her by Vanessa’s shadow? That woman’s poisonous behaviors had left him with scars, and perhaps he was too quick to assume Sienna would follow the same path. Had he been fair to her at all?
• Another question surfaced, one he had been avoiding for too long. Should he have told Sienna about his father?