Hugo Lawson

Hugo Lawson, a character in the A Very Scandalous Proposal series, is Simon/Ava Montjoy's third cousin. He is first seen in Chapter 4.

Appearance
Hugo has light reddish skin, short brown hair and green eyes. He has a light stubble, and his casual outfit consists of a brown blazer over a pink shirt.

A Very Scandalous Proposal

 * Chapter 2: The Proposal (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: Everyone Who's Anyone
 * Chapter 5: Secrets of the Estate
 * Chapter 6: Out on the Town (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 8: The Royal Ascot
 * Chapter 9: The Charity Gala
 * Chapter 10: Treachery Afoot

Genevieve
Genevieve is Hugo's wife and mother of his children.

Simon/Ava Montjoy
Simon/Ava is Hugo's third cousin and his obstacle to gaining the Barrington estate.

Your Character
You meet Hugo and his wife, Genevieve, at your engagement party to Simon/Ava. He is automatically snide and condescending towards you, although you can catch him off-guard by being warm and friendly and "overly American". When you take a moment later to compose yourself, you overhear him admonishing his wife in the library. She tries to reason that she was just being polite, but he dismisses her excuses and insults her.

In Chapter 5, when you give Patrice, your editor, a few details about the Montjoy family, you find Hugo outside your window and you wonder how much he heard. In Chapter 8 while you're at the Royal Ascot with the Montjoy family, she calls you pushing for more substance and again, you find Hugo eavesdropping before Tommy finds you to escort you to meet the Sinclairs. He gives you a wicked smile which causes your stomach to sink.

In Chapter 9, he does an about-face when talking to you at the charity gala, which stuns you and Genevieve. Later, you find out it is because he has the all-tell article that you "wrote". He reads it aloud to all the gala attendees, destroying the relationships you built with the Montjoy family and their friends. You believe he is behind the whole thing, but if you research the article and/or follow Genevieve in Chapter 10's premium scene(s), you find out that he is not technically savvy enough to hack into your email account nor would he know all the personal and private details of Simon/Ava and his/her relationship with his/her grandparents.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles Bryce Sterling from Veil of Secrets.