Verity stiffens at the admission, but she doesn't pull away. Not yet. "I know you're lonely, Amelia, but he isn't an object to be used to make you feel better when it suits you. He deserves better than that. He certainly doesn't deserve you messing with his feelings when you're in love with Nathan."

She tries to say it gently, but she's going straight to the heart of it now. Nobody fucks with V on her watch. And it is her watch, he and his sister both said so. It's official.