Chapter 4531

Even if people like them achieved success, it was still hard to truly fit into the world of the wealthy elite.

If River really liked Romina and ran into trouble with the Lafond family, maybe he'd start to appreciate her.

Becoming a daughter-in-law in a powerful family wasn't easy-being a son-in-law wasn't any easier. The wealthy guarded their circles like fortresses, and outsiders were treated like threats.

It was even harder to blend into the inner circles of a family's business empire. Yantail, the company River ran, was in the same industry as the Lafond Group. Peers in the same field often viewed each other as rivals. That alone made any serious future between River and Romina incredibly difficult.

Still, if River truly liked Romina, he had to hit a wall first. Only then might he remember Ms. Hayward's loyalty and kindness. She was willing to wait a year or two-when that wall hit, she'd try again.

Maybe by then, River would accept reality and choose someone like her,

someone from a similar background, someone who understood him.

After she left, he

as Wiltspoon's. Here, only a few days a year were truly scorching. In Wiltspoon, the summer dragged on

the wind. What mattered most was that he could finally

long he sat there until he noticed someone approaching. Quickly, he slipped his mask back on

It was Romina.

His guard dropped slightly.

tray with a few glasses of wine, walking toward him

family

the nearly empty glass in his hand. "Perfect timing-mine's almost

on the small table

alone?"

"Aren't you alone,

smirked. "Where's your male

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