Briar POV
Severin pulled some strings and managed to get me dressed after all the stores closed. I got a blue satin dress with thin straps holding up the bodice. The soft blue matched my eyes. I didn’t want to stand out tonight because my objective was to find Anabella, see what the big deal was about and get out.
“You look like the Temptress I used to lose sleep over,” Severin said.
His hand landed heavily on my ass and gripped it.
My eyes nearly popped out of my head. “Hey,” I hissed. “There are people around us.”
I’d met almost everyone at the party at least once in my life. Some of them I’d read about in magazines and newspapers.
“I’m sure they’d like to know how you used to make fun of them.”
I eyed the glass of champagne in his hands.
“You’ve had two of those already,” I sai
