Because Arthur Sterling saw, instead, the quiet, powerful man beside me, and Julian’s hand wrapped securely around his daughter’s, and every calculation my father had ever made about me began, visibly, to come apart behind his eyes.

Chapter 11 — I Came as Jessi’s Husband

Arthur recovered enough to force a stiff, awkward chuckle, stepping away from his developers.

“Julian?

Julian Vance?

What on earth are you doing here?

I had no idea my company’s own legal counsel had accepted an invitation to my daughter’s wedding.”

Julian walked straight up to my father, unhurried, and stopped a step away — and though Arthur was not a small man, Julian somehow made him look it.