The invitation for the engagement party had remained sitting on the countertop at home for days. I had tried to ignore it. Tried to tell myself it was the last place that I should be. I had told Raven what the man she planned to marry had asked of me. And yet it seemed she still planned to go ahead with the marriage. Who was I to intervene?
Only Brayden had continued to message me regarding our agreement, and his demands became more nasty the more that I ignored them. In the end, I responded, and I was told to come to the engagement party and a final deal would be made.
Stupid as it sounds, the last person I expected to run into was Raven. It was her engagement party, so I should have expected her to be swept up in the fun and excitement of it all. Or even expected to see her being p
