Ethan's dark eyes narrowed slightly as he coldly said, "With my status, do I need to lie? I'm simply stating the facts."

Emily suddenly realized.

She thought, ‘That's true. Ethan has no need to curry favor with me. After all, though he has fallen from grace, he is still far beyond the reach of ordinary people. Harper had been infatuated because of Bob, but even if Ethan was crippled, there would still be plenty of gold-digging women willing to marry him.

"I thought ...