When Tila got home, she dropped her bag on the chair and walked straight to her mother’s room.

“Mom,” Tila said, her voice sharp, “I want to meet Hunter.”

Josey, sitting at her dresser, turned quickly. “Hunter?” she asked, shocked. “Why would you want to meet him?”

Josey leaned forward, about to speak,

Hunter is…… but Tila cut her off. “Philip’s elder brother,” she finished. “Which means he is the rightful successor of the Becker Group.”

Josey’s eyes widened. “You already know?”

“Of course I know,” Tila said proudly. “And that is the kind of person I need. Not Philip, not Desmond, not anyone else. Hunter.”

Josey frowned. “Tila, don’t...