After that, Xander kept his hands by his sides sulkily and turned to casually look at Richard. “President Blackwood, you and Ms. Collins make a beautiful-looking pair. People who don’t know better, like my mother, would think the two of you were married! She also said she’d like to have a meal sometime in the future with the ‘M 1. and Mrs. Blackwood’!”

Even though I knew Xander had said that on purpose, it did not stop resentment from building up in my heart. My ...