And for the first time in a long while, Derek felt nervous.

He had not felt this way before now.

All his business life, he had walked into buildings with his head high, because he knew everyone around him would bow to his authority.

He had always commanded respect whenever he went effortlessly, and used power like a tool.

But today, as he stood before the big entrance of his late wife's company, the mother of Roxanne, Bellamy Couture, he felt like he had never been there before.

He ...