Chapter 17 Midnight Escape

• The moment Michael's mother, Eleanor Thorn learned of the secret marriage, she had scrambled to her private jet. She flew straight from Spain to Arise City to demand a confrontation.
• When she arrived, Michael hadn't bothered to deny it. "Yes," he told her coldly. "If I didn't want you to know, Grandfather's assistant wouldn't have found a single paper." His implication was clear: he was done hiding Evelyn. This only fueled Eleanor's rage. If her daughter-in-law wasn't the refined Erica Jones, she would never accept it.
• In a high-end dressing room across the country, Erica Jones gripped the edge of her vanity. The news that Michael had actually gotten married felt like a physical blow. She had assumed his silence lately was just a phase, and so, she was not really bothered.