During my years abroad, news from home found me occasionally, whether I looked for it or not.
Word was that the Calloway Group's heir had abandoned all pretense of running a company and spent his days going out of his way to temples, praying for his former wife. His clients and shareholders watched, and their patience ran thin. At a critical board meeting, a senior shareholder moved to strip him of his position as heir. Sebastian didn't even respond. He had stopped caring about any of it. All he wanted was to find me.
The Hayes family, meanwhile, saw an opportunity. With their stock in freefall, they pushed for a business marriage between Vivienne and Sebastian to shore up their position. Vivienne, accustomed to every comfort money could buy, went along with it.
Sebastian refused with a
