Victoria Langford didn’t believe in losing.
She believed in waiting.
That was the thing about men like Sebastian Hale. They didn’t fall — they drifted. Shifted. Hesitated. And hesitation was all the opening she needed.
She sat in her high-rise apartment on the Upper East Side, legs crossed neatly on her cream velvet sofa, the glass of her martini catching the afternoon light. Her manicured fingers scrolled through her phone with deliberate slowness, lips curling as the headline filled the screen.
Power Couple Rebooted? Isabelle Bennett and Sebastian Hale Spotted with Their Children at High-Profile Holiday Launch
Beneath the headline were photos.
A perfectly composed family.
Isabelle in velvet and heels, all elegance and empire.
Sebastian with a hand lightly on her back, smiling, at
