owler Oil, the throne I was born to inherit. The first c

company that has a sponsorship deal with him and a business relationship with us

a soft ban. I would systematically dismant

each me. Jen stormed into my office two

to stop this! Yo

my desk. "I'm not doing anything to

lost two major campaigns already. They all c

y made their choic

r!" she yelled, h

y whisper. The scandal of my father's affair, the stress it put on my mother, her fatal heart

do anything. I'll make him disap

o late for that, Jen. This isn't

knowing it was the perfect stage for the next act. Andrew, predictab

bar, his face a mas

us to hear. "I just want to say I'm sorry. For

trying to paint me as the c

e not a disappointment, Andrew. To be a disappointment, one must

"You think you're so much

im by the collar of his cheap tuxedo, my knuckles digging into his t

wide with fear. Th

r voice cut through th

she were asking a waiter for more water. She didn't even look at Andrew, her eyes fi

," she said. "He seems to h

e. She also didn't look at Jen, who was watching from a distance, horrified. G

m the ballr

overlooking the moonlit gardens. Th

move," I said, st

t me. "He was dis

enemy of Jen

Todd," she replied, her vo

resting woman,

her eyes dark and unreadab

allenge. And I found myself wanti