"He is nothing more than a lackey that the Blair family raised, a goddamned kept man," I said. My words sliced clean through their absurd smugness in an instant.
"Back when Silas was just a broke kid who could not even afford his tuition, it was the Blair family that paid for his whole education," I continued. "My father thought he looked sharp enough, so he pulled him into the group and let him work his way up from the bottom."
"He was the one who fawned at my heels, wagging his own tail just for a scrap of attention, swearing up and down he would be loyal, and only then did I give him a chance," I added.
I finally let my gaze sweep over the stunned, jittery faces of that whole family, unbridled mockery sharp in my eyes. "Before we got married, he got down on his knees in front of my f
