In the office on the top floor, William sat in front of his screen, listening to Sophia ruthlessly dismiss the three women with her blunt words. He let out a heavy huff, but surprisingly, he wasn’t upset.

After a while, though, he found something didn’t sit right. Sophia had painted him out to be a rich playboy with a promiscuous chaotic personal life. Or maybe, in her mind, that’s what he had always been.

William frowned, feeling a wave of displeasure settle ...