Chapter 15
Preston rebuilt slower.
He lost prestige.
Some associates disappeared when my name did.
Useful education.
Eventually he admitted:
“I thought I was protecting my sister.”
“No.”
I looked at him.
“You were protecting the version of her future that made you important too.”
He hated that.
Then accepted it.
Victoria marrying me would have made Preston brother-in-law to Caradonna.
Influence.
Permanence.
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He had as much to lose from Elena’s pregnancy as Victoria did.
Maybe more than he understood.
