After dinner, Ethan Cole returned to his small room and, as usual, completed a full set of body-training exercises. Only when sweat soaked his shirt did he finally lie down.
Years of comfort had dulled his edge—but now, with renewed purpose surging through him, Ethan was ready to begin his plans.
Ethan hadn’t chosen to become the live-in son-in-law of the Bennett family only because he loved Chloe Bennett deeply; family politics were involved too.
The Cole family, once a prominent American lineage, had dwindled to two branches: Ethan’s father and his second uncle. The rivalry between these branches played out openly and in the shadows.
His second uncle, Lionel London, was not only a business mogul but also controlled hidden criminal networks—something Ethan could never match. Ethan con
