CASSANDRA POV
Cassandra did not cry when she left Robinson Tower, not in the elevator, not in the car, not even when the city lights blurred past the tinted windows like a mocking parade of everything she had just lost. She sat perfectly still in the backseat, spine straight, chin lifted, hands folded in her lap as if she were on her way to a gala instead of fleeing the wreckage of a future she had been so certain was hers.
Alex Robinson had ended their engagement, not postponed it, not renegotiated it, ended it. The word throbbed in her skull, sharp and humiliating.
End!!!!!!!!!!!! Her driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror, clearly sensing the tension, but Cassandra’s expression gave nothing away. She dismissed him as soon as they reached her penthouse, stepping out into th
