The next day.
Before Axel's birthday, Evelyn couldn't relax entirely—she was still nervous about meeting his mother, Amanda Knight.
Today, they will meet Amanda outside their house because Axel didn't want his mother to meet Oliver before she had a chance to meet Amanda.
Evelyn's reflection stared back at her in the car window, the faint city skyline blurring behind her as Ryan drove.
Her stomach had been in knots all morning. She smoothed her palms against her skirt, though it did nothing to calm the storm inside her.
It wasn't that Amanda had a bad reputation, but quite the opposite. Amanda Knight was known as a poised, intelligent woman who rarely appeared in public. Her silence carried power.
But what's really making her nervous is their family history. The Walters and the Knights just haven't always gotten along well.
Their fathers had been rivals for decades, both in business and in terms of influence.
