He Wants An Open Marriage, But Demands My Loyalty
He looked down at her, his expression intense and unreadable.
"When this is over today," Ethan said softly, his voice dropping into a rough, intimate whisper, "when Chloe is in cuffs, when Julien is locked behind federal bars, and when your name is restored on every building in this city... what happens to us, Vivian?"
Vivian’s breath hitched in her throat. The question hung in the air between them, loaded with the heavy baggage of their history—the intense, forbidden physical encounters in locked suites, the unresolved hurt of their 2018 separation, and the fierce, protective devotion he had shown her over the last forty-eight hours.