Chapter One
Tessa's POV
My name is Tessa Langford, and tonight I felt like a stranger in my own life.
I stood in a corner of the big, fancy ballroom, holding a glass of champagne that I barely sipped.
The lights were bright, the music was loud, and everyone was laughing and talking like nothing was wrong. But for me, everything was wrong.
Six months ago, this was my world. I was the good daughter, the perfect one. People smiled at me, praised me, and treated me like I mattered.
Then my younger sister, Lily, took it all away.
She stole my boyfriend, Marcus. She stole my place in the family. Even our parents started looking at her like she was the special one now.
I was pushed aside, forgotten, and left with nothing but pain and anger.
I watched Lily across the room. She looked b
