"You blackmailed Mr Kane into staying married to you in exchange for dropping the assault complaint you filed against Miss Sylvia Kane? The drugging of Mr. Kane to force him to sleep with you to produce an heir? Your entire contract marriage has been a walking, screaming breach."
"The only weapon left in your arsenal is attempting to tarnish Mr. Kane's image. And we. Don't. Care. You have gotten away with it in the past because I wasn't brought on board soon enough."
Sharona's lips parted, outrage trembling on them, but Maurice raised a hand calmly—shutting her up.
"The Orchard family is my family. I protect them. And the fact that you would blackmail Winn into staying married to you, or threaten charges against Sylvia Kane for an altercation you provoked, still annoys the hell out of me."
