After glancing at his afternoon schedule, Dalton sat at his desk in his high-rise office and let his mind wander. He'd been taken aback when the pretty Attorney Elyse Young took a jab at his success, as if it were a bad thing.

He didn't care if his colleagues thought of him as a self-centered bastard. He was proud of his upbringing and told anyone who asked. Dalton pressed his eyes with a finger and thumb. He knew his mother would be proud of how hard he and Austin had worked and ...