salty air of the Atlantic mixing with the scent of old mon

im, Ethan

sons' char

ed him? He looks like he just

't want. They weren't entirely wrong about my backgr

he holding company, the event staff, everything. It was

s real, a quiet fortress against her family's en

oper who got lucky. They had no idea my unlisted cybersecurity firm in Silicon Valley was the quiet

're just obsessed with appearances, Ethan. I

d her. Un

s, standing with her parents and her brother, James. Th

n C

brina' s college boyfriend. The one her

ady on my face. Then I heard her mother's

s the perfect couple, da

sneer. "It' s about time. Sabrina's finally planning to divorce the loser. The marriage was just a

my lungs. M

mug grin playing on his lip

. She just offered a small, demure smile, a s

een tangled in our sheets, her whispering "I

nic crossed her face, but it was quickly replaced by irritation

t are you d

was a hars

ferent. You don't belong here.