"I promised to marry her, Grandpa," Frank replied in a low but firm tone.
Ruth had been injured on her way to meet him. Frank knew he could never live with himself if he were to desert her now.
His grandfather, Charles Kingsley, frowned at his grandson. The man was imposing, yet Frank knew a deep disappointment shone in his eyes. Brilliant as his mind was, Frank could not help but wonder how brilliant a mind could be so blinded by a woman.
"As long as I hold any power in this family, I'll never allow it," Charles ordered, his voice thunderous. "Ruth Lee can never become a Kingsley."
The words came with the weight of an ironclad decree. Frank stood frozen, unable to challenge the authority his grandfather wielded. Even at his advanced age, Charles was still the head of the Kingsley Grou
