After Whitney was dragged back home, Caspian couldn't even bear to look at her. She collapsed to her knees before her husband, tears streaming down her face as she desperately tried to explain.
"Caspian! I never meant for this to happen... You have to believe me, I never wanted to betray you! It's Veronica—she orchestrated this whole thing!"
Liana and Adam jumped to their mother's defense.
"Dad, Mom didn't do anything wrong. Veronica's the one pulling all the strings!"
Adam's voice cracked with anger. "Exactly! That bitch Veronica is trying to destroy Mom!"
"Enough! Stop pinning everything on Veronica! Do you think I'm some kind of fool?!"
Caspian trusted only what he'd witnessed with his own eyes.
His wife had been with Maxwell—caught red-handed. For a man of his stature, such humiliation cut deeper than any business failure. It was complete devastation.
