Ryan froze for a moment, his expression shifting slightly.

But he quickly pulled himself together, his voice calm and steady, "Vincent is my nephew—the son of my elder brother, Daniel."

I frowned. ‘Vincent is his nephew? If they were only uncle and nephew, then why did he react so strongly when I mentioned his name?’

Ryan continued, "Vincent and your sister, Claire, used to be a couple."

The moment he said that, an image suddenly ...