She stood there silent for a moment, letting herself take several calming breaths before finally finding the strength to walk back into the living room.
Forcing a smile to her face, she sat back down on her seat, smoothening her dress and trying to hide her discomfort.
"So," Tori was the first to speak up. "I heard your business is doing well, you are the CEO I presume?"
"Yes," Cara tried to keep calm as she responded. "Yes I am. I uh recently took over the company from my dad. It has been just a year plus though."
Tori nodded her head softly and majestically. The woman made Cara feel so tense, to her, every single movement that Tori made was queenly like and oozed of full born royalty.
She did not even want to look at Marcus because his silence alone weighed heavily on the room a
