The Man Who Took His Place

Summary

In the tenth year after I had married in his place, my brother, Thayer Ashford, suddenly returned.

The whole family fell silent as they looked at him.

He yawned as he spoke with careless ease, “I traveled through thirteen countries. I’m exhausted.

“Where’s Seraphina? She should be in primary school by now, right? Why hasn’t she come to see me?”

Seraphina was Thayer’s daughter.

Back then, Thayer had abruptly announced he had a child.

Yet on the very day of his wedding, he staged his own death, leaving behind Seraphina and his fiancée, Isolde Fairchild.