Bernard POV
I sat in the elegant lobby of the Hyatt Hotel, adjusting my best suit and checking my watch nervously. Elena Westbrook had suggested we meet for lunch at the hotel's upscale restaurant, and I wanted to make the perfect first impression. This meeting could change everything for me.
Elena had been the most intriguing of the three wealthy women I had researched. At forty-five, she was sophisticated, successful, and most importantly, recently widowed. Her late husband had left her a consulting empire worth over thirty million dollars, and according to my research, she was actively looking for new investment opportunities.
"Mr. Fredrick?" A woman approached me, and I immediately stood up. Elena Westbrook was even more impressive in person than in her professional photos. She was
