“Marcus, Millie didn’t fall. She jumped into the water after she said something to me,” Rhea said in a loud voice as she approached Marcus.

Marcus’s frown deepened.

“What did she say?”

“Earlier, she went to my room to provoke me. She told me that the Thomas family was hers, so I should stay out of it in the future. She accused me of currying favor with your mother and wanting to steal what belonged to her before telling me to leave, or she would kill me. She also said…”

Rhea paused for dramatic effect as she feigned a haunted look on her face.

“What else did she say?” Marcus hissed. ©

you were madly in love with her. I didn’t believe her, so she said she’d jump in the pond to prove that you’d be the first to come to her rescue. She didn’t fall at all; she jumped into

he considered what

swear that every

and raised her

swear I’m not

face darkened even

the other guests started whispering

worst. It turns

to be Mia in order

were supposed to save Millie halted short of the pond’s edge. Without Marcus’s

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