The last line faded out in the ballroom. The screen cut to black. For a moment, only the low hum of the projector filled the silence.
Vivian was the first to snap out of it. Her expression tightened as she grabbed Simon's arm. "Simon, she did this on purpose. She wanted to humiliate you. How could she..."
"Shut up," his voice was low, dangerously low.
Vivian froze in place. "What?"
Slowly, Simon turned his head toward her. The look in his eyes was enough to make her instinctively step back. "I said shut up."
She had never once seen him look at her like that. Around them, the guests finally started to move. Murmurs rose, spreading through the hall like a growing tide.
"So Simon was faking being broke?"
"Wait. Everything in that video was real?"
"He lied to that family all these year
