“I am not going to take childish swipes at you, Victoria. I was giving you space to work through whatever you needed to so that you could arrive at a place where you felt ready to speak. I am a grown man and you are a grown woman. I assumed we could handle this as adults.” I lean back, startled. He wasn’t trying to punish me? Ugly instincts still left over from Charles try to tell me that this is a test.
