glanced at his boots.
Sophie stopped coloring.
Daniel immediately understood.
Two months earlier, anonymous complaints had reached Bellmont Hospitality’s corporate office: customers judged by their clothing, employees pressured to favor wealthy-looking guests, and servers punished for helping families who didn’t order expensive wine.
Daniel had personally chosen to investigate.
Vanessa had no idea the exhausted-looking man in booth seventeen was Daniel Mercer, majority owner of Bellmont Hospitality.
After his wife died three years earlier, Daniel had withdrawn from public events, delegated daily operations, and focused on raising Sophie. Most newer
