Scarlett POV
I wasn’t an expert at investing.
But after everything I’d received from Jaxen, along with my own savings, I had enough money to have professional financial advisers managing my investments.
They’d recommended several relatively low-risk products with decent returns.
The market had been doing well lately, and I’d made a nice profit.
So technically, I wasn’t lying.
I just wasn’t telling Ryan the real reason I’d been smiling. I didn’t know how to explain the Jaxen situation without dragging him deeper into it.
Ryan’s lips curved slightly. “Congratulations.”
“Thank you, Mr. Parker.”
Our eyes met for a second. Something warm and unspoken lingered in the space between us, the kind of quiet tension that made my pulse tick a little faster. Lydia seemed to dance happily i
