"Stay your tongue, Theodore..." Adelaide Seraphine whispered, her gaze darting nervously towards Liya Seraphine. She feared that their conversation might reach Liya's ears.
However, when she glanced at Liya, she was met with a dismissive roll of the eyes.
"What gives you the right to escort Adelaide to the soirée? I implore you, don't make a spectacle of us," Liya retorted.
"Can't you see yourself for what you are? Nothing more than an ex-convict." With those biting words, she stormed back into her room, leaving a tense silence in her wake.
Meanwhile, in the grandeur of the Seraphine mansion, the matriarch received a call from Alexander Sterling. "Mr. Sterling, to what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Do the Seraphines have any engagements this afternoon?"
"None, why do you ask?"
"I've ma
