your back on your own kin?" Nate

mere pawn and hurl baseless accusations with such hubris hardly qualif

you scorn your own family? We've showered you with the finest p

ile. "What you hold dear isn't necessarily prized

off, but the contempt i

, and his hand twitched

restrained himself, opting instead to

o eager to cut ties, think it through carefully! I will have Father

ard glance, Nat

a. If she chose ingratitude, he would let her ta

d, nearly colliding with a table's edge. Daniel,

id, her smile warm as s

cross the street clicked furiou

he swiftly masked it with resolve. "Join us, and when you are suc

rare warmth of genuine care. "I'll be fi

. Who could've imagined they would treat you so poorly?" His indignation flared. "Don't worry. Professor Howard has s

ind, just say the word. If you join us, I'll handle any obstacle i

pened her iPad to review the team's projects. "For now, my

e courthouse early th

, she spotted Jason's v

hadn't anticipated such eagerness from him. Clear

the door of his sleek Maybach, his move

with a steely glare. "You'd better have a compelling reason for

iftly grabbed one. In an instant, she recognized

was Daniel who had caught her just

iel's hand rested on Madelyn's shoulder, her face tilted upward in grati

son sneered, his voice dripping with venom. "

and though Madelyn felt a pang at his w