f Carli. He puffed out his ches

p and touched the massive diamonds on

tched and sickeningly sweet. "Are you her

around them, holding their drink

pagne. She looked Isla up and dow

Your dress is a cheap knockoff from last season. The st

speak a word of French. S

understood perfectly. Several of

oser to Carli. "Stop making a scene," he

Gutierrez event," Carli said in English. Her vo

ped. He took a fu

ur of pink silk rushed out

ut the swelling from Carli's slap was still visi

She lunged forward, aiming the glass of da

ming. Her reflex

mooth, elegant s

arried her forward. Her high heels

ttered. The entire glass of red wine splashed bac

glass made the entire

ne and glass, looking like a bleeding

hand and rushed to L

She tripped me!" Lilah sobbed, pointing a

eryone had seen Carli step out o

. "Idiots," she muttered.

t the top of his lungs. "Get

ice echoed through

Tap

wooden cane hitting the floor

lent. People quickly stepped bac

own the stairs. She was eighty years old, with stark whi

She looked at Lilah crying and Vaughn yel

moved past them. Her gaze