kfast precisely on time. The Solomon family, who'd been expe

of wrinkling her nose in disgust, then deliberately knocked over her glass

toast. Her t-shirt, though plain, was made of a high-tech, subtly iridescent fa

have no class. You can't make a silk purse out of a s

our university situation. He donated an entire new wing to the Olympus University library, and in return

lent patriarch. "Arlie, you must cherish this opportunity.

cle. And Candis. If she hadn't put in a good word for yo

g Arlie as a charity case, a worthless

r plate. She dabbed her lips with a linen na

nd looked at Arthur. "The donation," she asked,

tered. "From the family's e

hing her lips. "The Solomon Family Trust, and all its

precise, I paid for my own admission. And while I was at it, it seems I als

s. "You're welcome, Candis. As your ol

astating than any insul

be exposed as the one receiving it. The complete reversal of status was more than her fragile ego could be

tent rage. Their carefully crafted humiliation

for your 'help,' Uncle. Next time you decide to use

out of the dining room, leaving the thre

ooking the city, Kerr Ward's best friend, Das

ashawn said, scrolling through his phone. "Marrying some country g

he refused him in front of everyone floated in his mind. The feeling it evoked wasn't anger. It was a novel, prickling sens

siness motives behind the merger, but Ker