Stormbound Surrender

After Sebastian's stunning defense in the boardroom leaves Victor seething and the vote derailed, Ivy and Sebastian return to Hale Point under a fragile truce that swiftly crumbles into bitter accusations over their forbidden encounter and the remarriage clause. As a violent storm rages and kills the power, trapping them in total darkness, long-simmering emotions reach a breaking point until Sebastian's hand finds hers and neither pulls away.