"I've got this." Sebastian's tone stayed even.
The second he said it, Marcus jumped in smoothly. "Since Mr. Cole's offering, I suppose we'll accept the gesture."
Just dinner, after all, barely a rounding error against Sebastian's actual finances.
Naomi caught something faintly hostile flickering behind Marcus's tone toward Sebastian and frowned slightly.
Is there history between these two I don't know about?
She'd never once seen Marcus carry himself with this much quiet edge before.
Meanwhile, at the Sinclair estate.
Vivian was telling Paige about the upcoming family recognition banquet.
Once she finished, she bit down on her lip, fighting back tears. "Paige, what do I do? If Naomi actually moves back in for good, am I just going to get pushed out?"
"That's not happening." Paige
