His eyes were open now, awake in the dim light, and they settled on the bruise on my neck, on the mark his hand had left there. His thumb traced its edge, featherlight.
"I shouldn't have done that to you," he said. "I'm sorry."
My heart slammed against my ribs, and a voice I could not silence whispered through my head. Is the almighty Sparrow apologizing to me? I turned to face him fully and searched his eyes for the joke, for the cruelty, for anything I recognized. "You are apologizing to me."
He nodded once. "I don't want to see any scar on your body. And the fact that I put that one there makes me feel uncomfortable."
I held his gaze for a long moment, and then I nodded. "Okay, then. Apology accepted."
He leaned in slowly, giving me every chance to turn away, but I did not turn away. His lips met mine, soft and warm, a kiss with no hunger in it and no claim, just a question asked in the only language he knew. Then he pulled back, his face still close to mine, and we stayed there, staring at each other in the quiet.
Suddenly my heart started pounding so hard I could feel it in my throat. 'What is wrong with me? Am I falling sick? But I rarely get sick. '
He kept on looking into my eyes, and when he spoke, his voice was so low it was almost a whisper. "Scarlett. What are you doing to me?"

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....