Two foreign bodyguards stood behind them—one dark-skinned pale, both muscular enough to look like they could take down a bear.

“Ha! And here I thought you refused to come home for the holidays because you were busy. Turns out you’ve been hiding a woman in your office!”

Grandma Farrell’s tone was sharp and scornful. Her cloudy eyes swept over Hope Newton with a look of open disgust.

“You’ve been crippled for too long, Easton. Now you’ll take any woman that breathes.”

Easton Farrell frowned. He couldn’t show any emotion in front of them; if he did, his family would find a way to ruin Hope’s life.

Hope stepped forward calmly....