At the start of the banquet, Delilah ate with unshaken ease. The weight of the Cole family’s wealth and formality didn’t faze her in the slightest.
The conversation flowed as Adrian casually brought up business matters with Sebastian, while Victoria listened in composed silence.
Then Elliots’phone rang. He excused himself, stepping toward the window to take the call.
With him gone, Delilah let her gaze wander—landing, unrestrained,on Sebastian.
She lifted her glass of milk and drank slowly. When his eyes finally cut toward her, sharp and deliberate,a drop of milk slipped past her lip.
Whether intentional or not, it left a glimmer of something wicked at the corner of her mouth.
Sebastian’s grip on his glass tightened. He took a long swallow of wine, masking the chaos rolling through h
