Fury Into Flame

Sloane confronts Beckett over his overheard call about ending their marriage once the contract is secure, unleashing an explosive argument laced with betrayal and unresolved passion that dissolves into a raw, frustrated explicit encounter against the villa walls and across the rose-petaled bed. Afterward, as they lie tangled and spent, Beckett reveals the call was about merging their rival firms rather than discarding her, leaving Sloane reeling from the shattered assumptions.