Daddy!Richard's POVI could not stop seeing her in that red suit.Karen. My Karen. Except she was not mine anymore and maybe she never had been. The woman on that stage had been someone else entirely. Confident, articulate, commanding. She had owned that room in a way I never imagined her capable of.I sat at my desk staring at my laptop screen without seeing it. The sun was rising over Seattle and I had not slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her walking away from me in that hotel corridor. Go to hell, Richard. Her voice had been cold with a fury that made my chest tight.I deserved it. I knew I deserved it. But that did not make it easier to accept."Mr. Palmer?" My assistant's voice crackled through the intercom. "Your nine o'clock is here.""Cancel it. Cancel everything today.""Sir?""Everything, Jennifer. Clear my schedule."A pause. "Yes, sir."I stood and walked to the windows overlooking the city. Somewhere out there, Karen was probably in her own office celebrating he
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