Missed opportunity
The book started well. High school sweethearts reconnecting after a traumatic event. Unfortunately it turned into a cliché. First off who would believe that Alton, an older billionaire wouldn’t have had a background check done on Susanne before his only child decided to marry her? Even if Preston was infatuated, I can’t believe that Alton would suffer the same affliction. After he “sorted out” the Susanne situation in a mature manner the author turned Preston into a buffoon and it was really annoying. Suddenly we are meant to believe that an investment specialist can’t work out a budget for himself and needs to be saved by someone who knows the “struggle “ of living on 150k a year? What made matters worse is the sense of entitlement that both Preston (bad, but he was born wealthy and entitled) and Chloe had over Alton’s money. How unfair of Alton not to want to fork over billions to someone who was just blindsided by grifters and thought they did well to expose a situation they found out by accident and not design. Ridiculous. However you want to slice it Chloe was behaving like a gold digger, bargaining for more for her help. What really irked me is her getting on her high horse because Alton was opposed to them eloping. I don’t remember her putting her own parents in their place when they had a go at Preston, called him a fool and questioned their relationship. The hypocrisy was astounding. Basically, coming from humble beginnings was laudable but being wealthy was somehow bad. The whole we don’t need your money because we can budget after they tried to scam Alton was a bit on the nose. The ending was also unrealistic to me. Whatever love they have for each other now, it is silly of Alton to give his fortune to both of them. They should have a prenup or the money should be held in trust for their children if they don’t want money to be an issue in their marriage.