Seraphina Sterling watched Taylor Sutton's face drain of color. Her voice, though soft as a breeze, struck him like a razor-sharp sword. 'You just can't get away with doing bad things,' he thought. 'I never imagined karma would be this quick!' He had believed that leaving Aethelgard University to join the Sutton Group was a new beginning for him. But he never expected that a single sentence from Seraphina would plunge him right back into the abyss. 'You really can't afford to make mistakes in life!'
Franklin Sutton was at a loss for words. First, he and his son had angered Seraphina Sterling, and now his own relative had done the same. Their entire family had offended her completely. 'This partnership... even if we manage to discuss it, it will be pointless!' he realized. 'Seraphina Sterling is no child. She's not that easy to fool!'
