Those who crossed him had all paid a far more painful price than he ever did.
'I should have no regrets in this life,' Caleb Bishop thought.
But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, a bright figure emerged in his memory.
So much time had passed that he had almost forgotten his feelings for Naomi Kenway. He told himself they were insignificant, yet he would think of her in his idle moments—think of the woman who would have torn out her own heart for him.
But he had discarded her, just as others had once discarded him. He had cast Naomi Kenway away, cruelly and completely.
In his spare time, a question tormented him, an ethereal voice asking:
'If you could do it all over again, would you still do the same thing?'
Caleb Bishop didn't hesitate long on this question. He knew he would. No matter how many times he had to repeat it, he would make the same decision. Love was not a necessity for him; he only wanted to claw his way to the top with all his might.
