Lindsay was a study in contrasts.

Tall, long-legged, yet soft-spoken and cute, her words sometimes sharp as a knife, yet she radiated warmth and exuberance.

Ray could only shake his head. "You're about to get married—think you can just stay home?"

"Hehe, of course not," Lindsay replied. "I come from a wealthy family. Money? Power? We've got both. But I'm the elder sister, with a younger brother below me. The family fortune will go to him, and I… I'm meant to marry strategically, to strengthen