Chapter 37
Stefan hurled his crystal tumbler against the wall of his home office. The sound of shattering glass matched the chaos in his mind. Forty percent. His company stock had dropped forty percent in a single day. Bil
His phone kept buzzing, board members, investors, his father. All demanding answers he didn't have. How had Kane Industries outmaneuvered them so completely? The takeover of Pacific Maritime shouldn't h Yet here he sat, watching his family's legacy crumble through real-
time stock updates on his phone screen. Each notification drove the knife deeper.
"Darling?" Rose's voice drifted through his office door. "Can we talk about the wedding plans? The planner needs final numbers for-"
"Not now." His voice came out harsh, rough from hours of emergency calls.
She entered anyway, dressed for the evening in a red designer dress that probably cost more than his employees made in a month. "The venue won't hold our date forever. We need to confirm..."
"The date? Stefan spun to face her, rage boiling over. "You want to discuss wedding dates while my company burns? While everything my family built over generations disappears?"
Rose stepped back, unused to seeing this side of him. "The business troubles are temporary. Your father will...”
"My father?" He laughed, a bitter sound that scared even himself. "My father hasn't returned my calls since the stock crash. The board is meeting tomorrow to discuss my removal as CEO. And you want to talk a "Stefan, please." She moved toward him, reaching for his arm. "We'll figure this out. Kane Industries can't..."
"Kane Industries." The name tasted like poison on his tongue. "That woman...
there's something about her. Something familiar that I can't place."
"Camille Kane? Don't be ridiculous. She's lived in Europe most of her life. We only met her recently at..."
"I know what she told
I see her, every time she speaks... it's like a memory I
expression shifted, something calculating replacing her previous concern. "Perhaps you're
This is about our entire future disappearing while you plan parties and
depends on maintaining appearances," Rose snapped back. "The
"Connections?" Stefan
that what I am to you? A connection? A stepping stone
be absurd. I love you.
Since you came back
words hung between then, heavy with unspoken accusations. Rose's
agreed not to discuss Camille,"
look at her. "Such a nice, clean word for what
buzzed again. Another stock alert. Another drop. The numbers blurred before
should postpone the wedding announcement,"
"Postpone?" Rose's voice rose
He whirled back to face her. "Don't
family's respect, my entire future! And all you care about
cry too many times to trust them now.
low. "Like you helped Camille? Is
The color drained from Rose's face. For a moment, real fear flickered in her eyes. "You
lately." Stefan moved to his bar, reaching
"What do you want me to say?
about something real! Something beyond your next social event or magazine
care about you,"
the bar's mirror. "Or do you care about what I represent? The name, the
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