Chapter 144

• After Jonathan’s carefully chosen words sank in, I watched Evelyn’s expression shift from indignation to contemplation. She sat motionless for a beat too long, the wheels in her head clearly turning. I could almost hear the math she was doing not the kind with numbers, but with power, influence, and optics.
• Cassandra. Of course.
• Now the heiress to a prestigious European conglomerate and daughter of a Duke, Cassandra wasn’t just Adrian’s ex-fiancée anymore. She was a rising star in elite circles featured in Forbes Women to Watch, photographed at Monaco summits, courted by legacy venture capitalists. If Adrian rekindled that engagement, he'd instantly gain a foothold in the European private equity space, and with it, a title. The prestige alone would be enough to pull the Warren family out of its current financial purgatory.