Ms. Inkwood (Ivy) is summoned to Mr. Blythe after she says she slept with him to conceive and clear her name. When Blythe asks "Pregnant?" she answers "Yes," and he warns about his ruthless reputation, then offers to keep the baby and pay her for life while she returns to prison in a year. Ivy rejects money and instead demands Dr. Leir treat Thea, who lies in a coma after Raina pushed her — the only doctor who can wake her. Blythe agrees only if Ivy marries him, forcing her into a decisive choice.