“If you tell me I belong to you, I’m throwing that into the fountain.”

Leo looked offended. “That ring was expensive.”

“Then choose your words carefully.”

He took her free hand. A year earlier, Bradley had looked at Chloe and seen a woman who had failed to remain small enough for his approval. Leo looked at her now and saw the person who had forced an empire to change direction.

“You owe me nothing,” he said. “You never did.”

Chloe’s throat tightened. “I love you. I love the life we made, and I love the life you demanded I become worthy of.”