Audrey Reid witnessed firsthand the most humiliating betrayal by her husband, Parker Reid, whose justification was as cruel as his deed: "You can't bear children, and the Reid family line cannot end with me." That very night, she called the number no one dared to call and remarried, to the most powerful man in Averton. When they met again, it was at her wedding. Parker Reid's eyes reddened as he dropped to his knees before her: "Honey, I was wrong. Please, just look at me one more time…" Audrey Reid took a step back and fell straight into the arms of the man behind her. The man known as Lord Reid, Wesley Reid, tightened his grip on her waist, his voice cold as a blade: "It seems you've forgotten your seniority." "You should be calling her your elder sister-in-law now.
