The car disappeared down the tree-lined drive.
Evelyn and Liam headed back inside.
In the living room, Evelyn picked up her unfinished copy of Experimental Psychology and continued reading.
She had barely made it through a few pages when Gloria, the Sullivan housekeeper, called.
Thomas had been released that morning, returned home, learned Tristan had withdrawn, and nearly exploded. He’d skipped breakfast and gone straight to the company. He was now telling Aurora to maintain her “loving couple” act with Maxwell and force him to bring tens of millions from the Craig family to patch SJC’s financial hole.
He had started using Maxwell as a pawn.
Which meant SJC was bleeding dry.
At this rate, SJC couldn’t even make payroll that month.
Maxwell didn’t have that kind of money. He wasn’t
