I had barely settled into my new role as Donovan’s personal assistant when whispers of his influential family began to seep into the office chatter. It started innocently enough—an offhand comment from Maya about the company’s connections to some high-profile figures in the city.

“Sireos, did you know Donovan’s family is practically royalty in the business world?” she said one morning as we were grabbing coffee. “His father’s on the board of like five major companies!”