It was from that day on that Summer Thorne became keenly aware she was in debt.
And it wasn't a debt that could be repaid overnight.
Even though Austin Sutton repeatedly insisted he saw her as his own daughter, it was ultimately different.
She had shamelessly paraded herself as the Sutton family's eldest daughter for years, throwing her weight around. Only now did she finally understand her true place. No matter how she looked at it, there was no going back to the way things were.
So she started studying again, practicing dance, attending university...
Then, when the Sutton Group faced its first crisis, she accepted the olive branch extended by Brandon Crawford and agreed to marry Mason Crawford.
When the Sutton Group faced a second crisis, she didn't hesitate to once again trade herself for the company's survival.
