Celia lifted her chin. "Are you calling me dramatic?"
"Nope. I meant the little drama queen next to you."
Elodie turned her wounded expression up a notch. She made a pitiful face. "See? This is how he bullies me. All the time."
Celia patted her hand soothingly. "If he's giving you a hard time, he's giving me a hard time. You and me against him? You honestly think we can't take him?"
Damian wanted no part in this farce. He couldn't stand another second in the presence of these two ridiculous women. "Where's my father? I'll go find him."
"He's in the study upstairs. Go on. Get out of our sight."
At that moment, Damian deeply regretted coming home. He was starting to wonder if he'd been adopted, and no one had bothered to tell him.
He walked past them. He caught Elodie's triumphant, pr
