Timothy's POV
Another engagement party at my family's mansion should be perfect. But it's exhausting how many engagement ceremonies does one need to plan for a marriage that might not even happen?
Madison has always been materialistically vain, but wanting to celebrate 3 engagement parties was too much . And my father went along with her idea, saying anything for the woman of the house. Of course Marcus would do anything as long as it benefits him.
Here I am having to sit through all this and pretend to be happy once again. But every laugh feels forced, every compliment sounds hollow, and I keep scanning the crowd expecting someone I know would never show up."
"You're brooding," Selene says, appearing beside me with a drink in her hand. "At your own engagement party."
"I'm not broodin
