It had already been a year since Riley married Anastasia, and Ruby decided the time had finally come to strike.
Life in Heaven's Gate City was stable, almost too stable.
Riley had built for himself a household overflowing with beauty, warmth, and loyalty, yet Ruby knew that such comfort came with cracks.
She had watched him closely—how his wives adored him, how he tried to divide his time between them fairly, how he exhausted himself just to make each of them feel seen.
It was noble, even admirable, but it revealed one undeniable truth: Riley could never truly say no to a woman who entered his life early enough.
His soft heart was his strength and his weakness.
And Ruby intended to carve her way in through that weakness.
She had not rushed. She had been patient, biding her time through twelve long months.
In those months, she gained a deeper understanding of him than most of his wives had managed.
