Jeremy Hale scoffed. "That shameless nerve of his — he gets it straight from Young Master Hale."

"Second Uncle seems fine to me," Adrian Hadley said mildly.

Jeremy was itching to vent. "Fine? Then go move in with the Hales and be his kid. Jaden's never home anyway — you'd be filling a vacancy."

Adrian didn't even blink. "Should I bring Molly Summers along? Either way I'm marrying into a Hale household. Yours or second uncle's — what's the ...