There was only one reason those four powers would go so far, so fast.
And I didn’t need Clara to explain it.
“They’re trying to please you, sir.”
Her voice was calm, matter-of-fact, but the weight behind it was terrifying. She looked at me with those clear eyes of hers and continued, “The Cole Group intends to invest in Miami. This opportunity is something all four families desperately want. After what happened last night, even though they don’t know who you really are, they’ve figured out one thing—you matter. You’re someone they can’t afford to offend.”
I didn’t respond immediately. My mind replayed her words slowly. Please me?
I almost laughed.
I’d spent years being the one who got ignored, the one who was looked down on for not having enough. Now, people with fortunes in the hund
