I never told my boyfriend’s arrogant parents that I was the one who owned the bank holding all their debt. To them, I was just “some barista with no future.” At their luxury yacht party, his mother sneered and shoved a drink into my hands, spilling it down my dress. “Staff should stay below deck,” she said coldly. His father laughed. “Careful—don’t ruin the furniture.”
Across the deck, Ethan was laughing with two investors near the bar. He glanced over, saw them talking, and looked away almost immediately. The motion was tiny, almost invisible, but Carter caught it.
He knew.
He knew what his mother was like. He knew what she was doing. And he had already decided that avoiding conflict mattered more continue reading …