Chapter 54

• I didn’t even bother trying to sleep after Hazel and Beatrice left. It was already late in the evening, and I knew I’d be heading out soon. There was no point in pretending I could rest now.
• Beatrice’s account of Adrian’s engagement disaster kept replaying in my mind, and despite everything, I found myself fighting the urge to laugh.
• So this was the woman he chose over me. The woman he risked everything for. In the end, Vivian’s carefully constructed image had collapsed, taking Adrian’s reputation and his family’s standing down with it. Their upscale engagement party had ended in disaster, with the city’s elite walking out in disgust. It was almost unheard of.