Chapter 9

The Drake family engagement party was a gathering of society’s elite.

Victoria Bennett entered this legendary family’s world for the first time, though not at their ancestral

estate.

The engagement was held in an exclusive, high–end venue that exuded both luxury and discretion.

Standing beside her husband, she finally got a proper look at the Drake heir Emma had been asking

about.

He wore a bespoke suit, his burgundy bow tie lending a sensual edge to his aristocratic features.

She wouldn’t dare speak to him, or even look too long – it wouldn’t be proper.

While getting air outside, she glimpsed him through the crowd taking a call, his brow furrowed.

she overheard the gossip until a familiar name

they’re talking about, the one he’s been playing with – is she Emma Walker? The one from my university I told you about?”

cigarette ash, unconcerned: “Don’t know. Probably.”

inquiries. The world could be so cruelly

the whole story

Knew he spent five years pretending and deceiving

and pieces. No one cared – it was just a game, he’d come back eventually.”

hurried past them

“Stop right there, you

you doing? I thought

sympathize. Five years! Not five hours, not five days – five years

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to destroy things?”

to dinner. Then suddenly after graduation, it’s like she was cursed – no suitors, just stuck with a

her sleeve: “Victoria, quiet down. You’ll cost us

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