Love was a funny thing, you did not plan for it, but it still came for you either way. As a child, back when she had been Cassandra Cooper, the woman who was now Cassandra Haven had not understood that.
She had been born into a wealthy and prominent family, and just as she had enjoyed all the money and status, her parents, being the practical, up front people that that they were, had made sure that she understood the cost of it all.
She would live a well pampered life, go to the best schools, and work in whatever industry she wanted, if she wanted to. But when it came to marriage, she would not have a choice in the matter. As a teenager, Cassandra had raged against the injustice of it. But then as an adult, with a few heartbreaks under her belt, she had come to realize that it might not be such a bad thing.
