HIS CHUBBY STEPDAUGHTER
She ordered.
“I still cannot understand it,” she said to Miles, as if I were not sitting within reach of her voice. “Your wife dies, and instead of finding a woman of standing— after your mistake of a marriage— a woman with maturity, connections, and some grasp of the world you come from, you bring home a college girl?”
My face went hot. The lobster on my plate suddenly smelled too rich, like they weren’t meant for me anymore.
She continued, eyes only on him. “You needed someone who could enter a room and hold it. Someone who understands M&M Tech, this family, and what is required of the people attached to it. Not a pretty face with no history and nothing useful to offer.”