My brother’s future in-laws looked me up and down at the rehearsal dinner like I didn’t belong there. Then they started bragging about their powerful family name. What they didn’t know was that the estate beneath their feet belonged to me. And one more insult was about to cost them everything…

stood in the doorway wearing her pale blue rehearsal dress, eyes swollen red.

“I need to ask you something,” she said softly. “Would you blame Owen if I postponed the wedding?”

“No,” I answered honestly. “But maybe the better question is whether you want to postpone the marriage… or just the performance surrounding it.”

She sat across from me.

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