Chapter 123 He Covers All His Own Tabs

• Ryland really knows when to bend and when to strike.
• The first time they met at the cocktail party, she splashed him with wine and he got tossed out in front of everyone. He’d probably set his sights on Doveston right then.
• “If I’m not wrong, that time you got splashed, Mr. Courtenay, you chatted me up on purpose, didn’t you? Let me guess—back then I’d just gotten divorced, the manor wasn’t back in my hands yet. You weren’t aiming at me. You were aiming at Matthias, right? You just didn’t expect to get thrown out by Callan’s bodyguards.”