Frederick had half-expected Cassie to stir up trouble the moment she reconnected with Sebastian, but he had never imagined she would vanish with him for an entire month.
That was the only explanation his mind could form for why the police couldn't locate her. Still, the sight of her standing confidently beside Sebastian ignited something ugly inside him—anger, annoyance, and something deeper he refused to identify.
Perhaps it was because she was still the mother of his beloved daughter.
Anything that tainted Cassie's image would inevitably stain Rose's future and Frederick Jones protected his daughter's future with the same ruthlessness he protected his empire.
The divorce had been finalized; technically, he had no right to demand who Cassie could or could not see. But the di
