EDWARD’S POV
So I do.
All of it. From the deal, to my father’s plans to help Greaves reclaim his title and the benefits he gets.
By the time I'm done, the room looks like it collectively got punched in the face because Vera Greaves has managed to traumatize most of us at one point or another. Add my father's name to the conversation and suddenly nobody is having a good time.
“Does Layla know about this?” Eliot asks.
Normally, I would've answered.
But Layla is a weird subject when it comes to Eliot, whether he admits it or not. Besides, the last thing I need right now is somebody deciding she deserves information I'm not ready to give her yet.
So I look straight past him.
“Anyway,” I continue. “The point is that I have absolutely no intention of being associated with Vera Greaves.
