Victoria's POV
I stood at the far end of the ballroom, eyes scanning the crowd with meticulous precision. From this vantage point, I could see everything. The moment my eyes laid on them, I frowned so hard. What was she doing here? I glared at Lily who was standing so delicately beside Dante, And Dante… that smug, untouchable man… he looked far too comfortable beside her, a calm strength radiating from him that seemed to keep her on a leash she didn’t know she’d accepted. I clenched my glass tightly, the cold weight doing nothing to calm the simmering annoyance inside me. Connor’s anger earlier still burned in my mind, a sharp reminder that Lily’s presence was threatening me, threatening everything I thought I could control.
Connor had been furious with me, yes, and part of me relished
