CHAPTER 42
The Event
Lila
I walked up to where people were gathered, looking at Hannah as she stood up at the podium.
“We all know what this event is about. Unless you attended this without knowing where you came,” she said, making the crowd laugh. “But before we kick into everything, I'd like to call the brain behind this whole thing, Miss Lila.”
Applauses went round, and I could feel every single eye on me. I looked back at the crowd with a smile on my face. I let out a slow breath, remembering everything that Dante had told me. I spotted him in the crowd giving me a thumbs up.
“I don't even know where to start from,” I said, looking at every single person in the eye. “Launching my fashion brands has been one of the biggest dreams that I had since I was a child. I still had the l
