Chapter 25

• The statement froze Carlos completely. His spoon filled with perfectly cooked sea bass, stopped precisely halfway between his plate and his mouth.
• He set it down with a slight clink, his eyes still wide in shock. His face looked like he was trying to process what he just heard.
• This was exactly what he couldn’t afford. His marriage to Eena was a highly structured, strictly confidential contract designed to achieve his hidden goal, not a public affair. Exposing it to some sort of persons meant questions, and questions meant scrutiny.