Raelynn was utterly baffled. After soothing Whitney and ending their call, she had Charlie look into it. Sure enough, the rumor was true: Christian had injected capital into the Jones Group.

Was the man so rich he’d gone mad with boredom?

Moments later, her phone buzzed with a call from Christian himself. His voice bristled with displeasure as he chided her, "The Jones family sent me an invitation to a banquet in gratitude for my investment. Don’t you have ...