“Your father bought those shipping lanes because I allowed him to keep his docks,” Daniel said, his voice cutting through the ballroom like a razor. “And this engagement? It was an arrangement of convenience, Claire. A merger of assets. But you brought violence into my home, and you laid hands on someone under my roof.”
He stepped closer, his shadow completely swallowing her.
“The arrangement is over. Get out of my house. And take your forty guests with you.”
Claire’s face drained of all color. “You can’t do this. My father will ruin your supply chain! He will pull the Whitlock contracts!”
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