“I knew my place well enough to protect this company,” Rafael answered, “when the man who owns it wouldn’t.”
The senator stepped smoothly into the light, reaching for the register that had smoothed a hundred rooms before this one.
“Corbin.
Let’s be reasonable men about this.
Every prominent family has a misunderstanding or two before a wedding.
There’s no need to make an ugly scene of it.”
Corbin laughed once, dry and without any humor at all.
“A misunderstanding.
Is that the word for selling my company’s secrets to a competitor for a year?”
Chapter 14 — Give Me Back the Ring
Camilla felt the ground going, and reached for her last tool.
Her eyes filled; her voice turned fragile and small.
“Corbin, my love — I was going to tell you everything.
My family put me under so much pressure.