They arrived home a few hours later after the party ended.

Camille was stiff the whole time while Christian gloated over the pained expressions he had seen tonight. First it was Michael McGregor’s and then Camille’s.

They were both so pathetic it was amusing.

For Christian Callahan, love was an unnecessary emotion. It was one of the ruins of mankind. It could make someone do foolish things. He did not want that kind of emotion to affect him personally.

He had been living in this world for more than thirty years now. He was confident that he had never felt anything resembling a romantic emotion and that he never would....