Grace's POV
I remained in a daze until something struck me as completely wrong. "Hold on, what did you just say? Why are you addressing me as Mrs. Benjamin? We haven't gotten married yet!"
"Haha, guess I got ahead of myself," Carlos flashed me a wink. "Sorry about that, I'm just a boy toy after all. Need plenty of guidance."
"Boy toy—" The words left me speechless. I instinctively turned to face Carlos directly, his comment hitting me like a splash of freezing water. I couldn't process what had just come out of his mouth. "How can you possibly say such a thing? Aren't you embarrassed to label yourself that way? You're Carlos Owen Benjamin, you own this entire company, and you're the only heir to the Benjamin family's billion-dollar empire."
I gazed at him with gentle eyes, feeling my heart crack for reasons I couldn't explain as he degraded himself this way.
