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

husband James White’s arm in disbelief: “Did you say Emma? The girl they’re talking about, the one he’s been playing with – is she Emma Walker? The one from my university I told you

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

The world

the whole story by now.

your circle knew? Knew he spent

cared – it was just a game, he’d come

hurried past them toward the

called out, furious: “Stop right there, you

you doing? I thought you didn’t even like

Five years! Not five hours, not five days – five years of a woman’s most

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have to destroy

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

down.

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