The plastic badge scraped lightly against Elena's collarbone as the PR assistant clipped it near her neck.
`Charity Showcase Backstage Review - Elena Hayes.`
The words had been printed in front of directors, sponsors, and cameras. This was not a favor Julian had handed her in a quiet hallway. It was a reason the room had been forced to accept.
Elena did not look back at him.
Julian was still Logan's brother, and the seven-day fiancee bargain had never been a rescue. Elena had agreed to be useful. That did not mean she had to stop watching how he used her.
She closed her fingers around the badge and followed the PR assistant through the side door beside the lunch hall.
Behind them, the lunch call still carried the clean noise of cameras, cutlery, and lowered voices. Elena could feel h
