Chapter 62 Break Us Up

• It was the most violent night I'd felt in a long time. The air was thick with pressure as I stood beside Reyna, both of us trying to hold it together. We had no choice but to attend; this was our chance to wrest back control from the chaos that had taken over our lives. But the moment we stepped into the grand hall, it was as if the spotlight had been whisked down from us.
• I could feel the eyes of the crowd on us, but it was not us they were looking at. No, that privilege was reserved for Alexander and Chloe, who had just made an entrance. And it was not their presence that commanded attention alone; it was the show they were putting on.
• Chloe was virtually glowing, her smile too wide, too perfect, as she held her hand up for the whole room to see. The big engagement ring on her finger glistered like some kind of a prize- a crooked prize, I allowed .