Kent Paulina didn’t spare Aron from her wrath. “You’re with Hugh more than anyone else—same with Mr. Evans. So tell me,” she demanded sharply, “how have you let your brother turn out like this?” Aron’s expression darkened, settling into the same exhausted, fed-up look Myles wore far too often. The four Fletcher siblings had once shared a very different life. Their parents had been loyal employees of the Evans Group—good people who worked themselves to the bone. The accident that took them had been sudden, brutal, and unforgiving. Overnight, four children were left alone in the world. The Evans family had stepped in without hesitation. They hadn’t just provided shelter—they had raised the Fletcher siblings alongside Cole himself. They were educated together, trained together, discipli

