The Summers family had, more or less, accepted Jeremy's presence.

Mainly because there was no getting rid of him. You couldn't drive him off, couldn't push him out.

Jeremy had planted roots.

There was no shortage of rumors circulating outside, of course. But two things kept most people's mouths shut: Jeremy had landed a one-hundred-billion-dollar contract for Pinnacle Industries, and the entire Hale family stood behind him. Julian Hale — Young Master ...