“Phoenix.” I repeated under my breath, and my heart jolted once more. The surname sounded familiar as though I had heard it before, but I wasn't sure where I had heard it from. Could it be in a magazine? A newspaper? PR materials?
“They are the wealthiest and most influential family here in the country,” Cassandra explained, jolting me out of my deep thoughts. “They used to live here, but after their mansion burned to the ground, they left the country to forget the tragedy and lived abroad.”
“The surname rings a bell to me,” I told her. “I'm sure I’ve heard of the name before, but I’m not sure where.”
“It will certainly sound familiar because Philip Phoenix owned the most valuable car company in the world, while his wife, Sophia Phoenix, was the highest-paid model in the modeling indust
