Chapter Two
“We want playmates we can own.”
- Jules Feiffer (on marriage)
Archer
He had small-town dreams about life in the big city. A lot of people grow up believing they’ve been born to the wrong location, the wrong family, the wrong life. That was at the core of Archer Cordell’s own secret truth.
In his heart of hearts, he thought of himself as a fraud. That wasn’t entirely true, or entirely fair, but Archer always tended to be too hard on himself.
Archer Cordell was a self-made man —in every sense of the word. His public identity was strong. He’d built a successful network of companies and partnerships around the world, been a pioneer in parts of the ongoing information revolution, gained fame and recognition as one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, won awards too many to
