verlooking Central Park. Nicole Ross, my best friend and the sharpest lawyer in New York, sat beside me.

n who wore her faded prestige like a threadbare coat. Caleb was t

agreement, designed to protect the Chadwick family's pre-exi

even touch it. She just

th condescension. "The clause protecting your family assets will h

ith all due respect, Mrs. Full

ith steel. "And there's the matter of the wedding

inting, the 'Marilyn.' I've always admired it.

or their annual charity auction, an event I was chairing

"we will require a separate penthouse in your building. We value our

eed that ours will be a modern marriage. No traditional expectati

rly. "Whatever Jo

lliant law student. We expect you to use your connections to secure him a clerkship wi

was

ase shut with a loud crac

said, her voice shaking with fu

inst the floor. "Wendy, I'm sorry, but I wil

r wake. The Fullers looked shocked, not by their own greed,