The mayor tried to ruin me at the altar—until the pastor spoke a single name that brought the entire ceremony to a halt

city councilmen, the country club socialites—the people Evelyn had relied on to protect her—actively turned their backs. They were already calculating how to distance themselves from the Sterling name. The social isolation was instantaneous and absolute.

“Julian!” Evelyn shrieked as the agents began to march her forcefully down the center aisle, directly continue reading …