Maybe saving Lily's life had genuinely been nothing to him no expectation of thanks, no interest in payback.
Whatever agreement they'd made was probably just a professional courtesy, nothing more.
Naomi settled into that explanation easily enough.
She kept her guard up around strangers as a rule, more so with men.
Still, something about him nagged at her that persistent, mysterious quality pulling at her curiosity despite herself. She filed away a plan to ask the director more about him next time she had a free moment.
She returned to Lily's room. Lily blinked at her, confused she'd come back so fast, but read the room and didn't push.
"Mom, you're back!"
"Yeah. Came back to sit with you."
Meanwhile, at the Blackwood estate.
Ethan and Julian both simmered with fury, taking turns s
