Yours to Keep, Daddy: MM Taboo collection
My mother, Miranda, wasn't even here.
Typical Miranda. As one of the city’s most sought-after event planners, her life was a blur of international flights and high-society galas. She had married Vincent Cole, a fiercely successful, notoriously private businessman in a quiet ceremony abroad while I was buried under final exams. I’d only met him once, briefly, and had spent the last year imagining him as a cold, arrogant tyrant who bought my mother’s affection with diamonds and real estate.
I had prepared myself for battle when I arrived at the mansion earlier that afternoon. I expected icy glares, rigid house rules, and the overwhelming sensation of being an unwanted guest.