“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. ©

madly in love with her. I didn’t believe her, so she said she’d jump in the pond to prove that

as he considered what he should

every word you’ve said

and raised her

I’m not

face darkened even

the other guests started whispering

is the worst. It turns out that she has her eyes on the Thomas family’s

know what she did. She pretended to be Mia in order to marry into

Rhea had just said. The guards who were supposed to save Millie halted short of the pond’s edge. Without Marcus’s instructions, they

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