Caden's POV
I watched her from across the room, nursing a drink I didn’t even want. Hell, I barely noticed anything anymore. But tonight, it was different. I couldn’t stop my eyes from following her, not when she was laughing and shaking hands with every damn person in the room—every one of them so damn eager to get a piece of her.
She was playing the game—her game. I could see it, the way she maneuvered, how her smile was sharp and calculated. No one would think for a second that Cora Grimaldi wasn’t fully in control.
She wasn’t just the perfect wife for the image I needed to maintain. She was a f*****g power player on her own.
I felt the sourness of that realization in my gut, like acid eating through me. Because I didn’t want her to be this good at it. I didn’t want her to be able t
