Chapter 5

All the color drained from Grant’s face.

"Evelyn? What are you talking about? She's supposed to be marrying me right now. Why the hell would she be on the interstate to Charleston?"

Robert and Margaret had already coordinated with me.

Margaret swallowed hard, fighting back a sob.

"Evelyn made us promise not to tell you. She knows you love Victoria. She wanted to step aside and give you both what you wanted."

"Your father and I finally realized it, too. Forcing two people together only breeds resentment. Evelyn's arrangements... we're handling them."

For a rare moment, Grant was entirely speechless.…