A stillness fell over him. It wasn't something calm but the quiet right before thunder tears open the sky.
He exhaled once, his eyes still glued on Evelyn's name in the file. His suspicion was the reality all along.
He leaned back, exhaling once but his eyes never left her name.
While waiting for his men to compile the full report, he had already begun digging on his own. He had men watching Evelyn quietly from a distance, connecting details he had once brushed off.
He knew about her relationship with Jack, of course but he had paid no attention to it. His youngest son's love life was irrelevant to him. But that was until it became very relevant and vital.
But before he could make a move, Jack's stupidity blew everything apart.
Ironically, that chaos was what made Benjamin notice the one thing he had missed entirely—
Alexander.
His stoic, disciplined eldest son, who rarely showed interest in anything beyond work, was suddenly unraveling over Evelyn Carter.
