October 2017, in another life
The man Lacy knew as Mr. Gray was getting very annoyed with his accomplice. In the nearly four years they had been working together to replace Keeley Hale, very little progress had been made. He couldn't understand it.
She couldn't bear Aaron any children, which was practically a prerequisite for being a high society wife. She brought no financial benefits to the marriage. Rumors had been running rampant that he wasn't pleased with his wife. So why hadn't he divorced her yet?
He needed Lacy to take that woman's place so he could control Aaron through her. Then he would take away everything Alistair, Aaron, and all of the Hales ever worked for.
She was such an idiot. How could she possibly think he was on her side? He was on his own side—she was nothing but a tool he would use to destroy the Hale family permanently. It was the least he could do after all they had made him suffer.
