The ballroom instantly exploded into even louder chaos.
"No… that's not what happened…" Miles's weak explanation was immediately swallowed by the uproar around him.
Yasmin's face had turned almost translucent with shock as she looked helplessly toward her parents.
I watched the entire scene quietly, my heart colder than ice.
Then Yasmin suddenly looked back at me, fury and humiliation burning inside her eyes. But underneath that anger, I saw something else too. That was guilt.
"Miss Carlisle," I said softly, "you actually knew quite a lot from the beginning, didn't you?"
Her body stiffened instantly.
"You knew he already had a family. After all, when you bought gifts for his sister, you even thoughtfully bought one for me too."
I smiled faintly. There wasn't a trace of warmth in it
