Chapter 9

Sebastian had a very long dream. In it, he was 20 years old again. He got drunk one night and slept with Whitney, someone whom he saw as a sister when the Halstons took her in as a child. In reality, Sebastian never dared to revisit the details after that night. However, the whole incident replayed clearly in his dream. He saw himself leaving in the morning for work. He returned home at dawn after entertaining clients. Whitney was waiting for him on the couch. The moment she saw him, she burst into tears and threw herself into his arms. "Grandpa wants to marry me off to a vagrant, but I don't want to. Seb, I don't want to marry anyone else but you. Please, help me." Sebastian's mind was muddled from alcohol. He failed to notice how strange her words were. Even if she was brought into the Halstons, she had grown up in the family like one of them. How could Edward Halston possibly marry her off to a homeless vagrant? Furthermore, when did their affair reach his grandfather's