22 August 2026

“He deleted his wife from the guest list because she was ‘too ordinary’….

Miles took the tablet and scrolled with practiced speed. Names. Titles. Foundations. Funds. Political spouses. CEOs. Old-money heirs who lived off trust distributions like it was a hobby.

He paused when his eyes landed on one entry.

Lydia Redwood.

His wife.

For a fraction of a second, memory intruded—Lydia sitting at the kitchen table with spreadsheets when Miles couldn’t afford an assistant, Lydia selling inherited land to rescue a failing expansion, Lydia working late nights beside him when no one else believed he could survive the first year.

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