CHAPTER 020: Name Your Price

I'm stunned. He doesn't look angry or disgusted. If anything, he seems...understanding. Compassionate, even.

"You knew, and you still came?" I whisper, barely able to process it.

“It doesn’t make me want you any less, Desiree,” he says. “At first, I admit that the news surprised me. It’s not every day I hear that Mike’s ex is using me to get back at him. What was that word your uncle said again? Yes, collateral damage.”

Uh, Uncle Bruno. I knew he’d out me. “Collateral damage?” I ask.

“That’s what he said. That you’re a good girl and I shouldn't take it out on you.”

That man always has my back.

“Are you going to listen to him? Do you think I’m a good girl?”

Caspian's look is intense, and he isn’t smiling. “You’re not a good girl, Desiree. But I like that. I like that very much. You came to me fully armed with seduction, and as of this moment, I confess that I’m heavily seduced. I wasn’t kidding when I promised you a blank check.”

He pulls out a checkbook and a pen.

“Caspian—”

“Name you