The Bastard and the Heir

The Bastard and the Heir

Author: Eden Finley, Saxon James Listening Length: 9h 25m
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WREN Moms are good at one thing: the guilt trip. It’s the only reason I’m at the funeral of a man I’ve never had anything to do with. I’ll show up, make her happy, and get out. At least that’s what I think until I learn daddy dearest has left me a crap load of money and the obligation to learn about the family bus...

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R eason five hundred and sixty-four why I wouldn’t be able to do Darcy’s job: it’s only been a few hours of schmoozing with some fancy-ass college alumni, the dean, parents of current students, and some undergrads who no doubt paid their way in to this networking opportunity or have straight As or something, and I would rather stick a fork in my eye than have another conversation with one of them.

It’s all pompous talk to me. It’s like a game where they think whoever’s more pretentious will earn Darcy’s time, so it’s entitled rich guy after entitled rich guy talking about their accomplishments and offering opportunities to whoever will take notice.

When Darcy started introducing me around at the start of the night, he avoided the word “brother” and used weird phrasing like, “This is Wren Porter, the new executive associate at MediaCorp.”