Zeke Mathews was a businessman. Not just any businessman, but one of the youngest bachelors to establish such a successful empire in New York.
Thalassa had heard about him in business conversations but had only seen a picture of him once. Perhaps that was why she didn't recognize him immediately.
The morning after their agreement, Zeke came to pick her up to take her to his house to meet his grandmother.
On the way, he tried to make conversation, but Thalassa wasn't in the mood. She gave him one-word answers until he gave up trying to get her to speak.
The car pulled past automatic steel gates, and Zeke drove until he parked somewhere in the compound.
“Let me get your door," he said as he got out.
He intended to open her door for her, but Thalassa quickly got out by herself. He
