Chapter 275

• Logan’s move to orchestrate Adrian’s new engagement to a woman who had also experienced a brief, difficult marriage felt like a calculated message almost a pointed gesture on my behalf. The irony wasn’t lost on me; I had also been engaged to Adrian for only a year before our split.
• Viola might resist the arrangement, but with the kingmaker’s backing, her options were limited. The unexpected visit from Evelyn Turner and Viola seemed less like a social call and more like a strategic assessment an attempt to figure out exactly what kind of man Adrian was now.
• I couldn’t shake the feeling that Logan was dragging Viola into something bigger than she’d bargained for. This wasn’t about settling scores; it was about manufacturing an adversary for me.