Lina's POV
The Lockwood estate looked exactly as I remembered—elegant, imposing, the kind of old money that didn't need to flaunt itself.
The housekeeper let me in with a sympathetic smile. I could hear Victor and Elena's voices from the sitting room, their conversation pausing abruptly as I entered.
"Young people fight all the time," he was saying as I walked in. "Cold wars, hot wars, it's normal. But divorce?"
He shook his head slowly. "Lina worked so hard to land someone like Adrian Storm. Once she's divorced, who in Ravenport—hell, in the entire region—will take her seriously again?"
Elena's hand flew to her throat. "Victor, that's a terrible thing to say! We don't know it was Lina's fault. What if Adrian was unfaithful? What if there's another woman?"
"Adrian Storm
