"Jack Brooks, are you finished?!"
Tia Sutton violently ripped her hand away from his grip, her eyes blazing with fury and humiliation. She stood in the middle of the crowded ballroom, her chest heaving.
"Can you stop being so paranoid?" she hissed, her voice trembling with suppressed rage. "Can you stop being so suspicious of everyone?"
She pointed a manicured finger at his chest. "People are discussing legitimate business over there. What are you going over for? To embarrass me? To start a fight?"
"Stop provoking Perry Bailey, okay? I am begging you. Can I please just beg you to stop?"
Tia felt tears welling up in her eyes. She was exhausted. She was trying so hard to build connections, to elevate the Sutton Family, and Jack was like an anchor tied to her ankle, constantly dragging h
