Troy Harper guided his grandfather through the airport arrivals, the old man's weathered hand trembling against his arm. That old bullet wound in his ankle throbbed with each step, but he'd stubbornly insisted on seeing Megan off to France across the Atlantic. Neither knew when—or if—she'd ever return to the Harper fold.
"Were all the arrangements for Megan's stay finalized?"
Troy's jaw tightened. Failing to bring his sister back into the family would forever remain an open wound—a personal failure that cut deeper than any boardroom defeat.
"All necessary provisions have been made."
He carefully omitted Liam Lambert's involvement. The patriarch would erupt like a typhoon if he learned about Megan's entanglement with the Lambert heir. Truth be told, Troy himself burned with resentment—y
