Chapter 254

After leaving the penthouse meeting at the royal residence, Cassandra helped Ryan into the backseat of the sleek, black SUV waiting outside. The sun had already dipped below the skyline, and golden-hour hues bathed the road as they headed toward the sprawling grounds of Highcrest Estate home to the influential and ultra-private Sinclair family. It was early evening. Most of the senior members of the family the board-level men who managed the Sinclair Foundation and its corporate arms would be just arriving home from their day of executive strategy sessions and industry negotiations.