Chapter 23

Guilia

As I alighted from the car, the only words that rang in my ears while standing in front of the magnificent venue that the event planner had chosen weren’t the ones I’d been reciting in front of my bathroom’s mirror like a mantra, they were Alessio’s.

“Ensure that you give our guests the best ball party of their lives. You don’t know what will happen if you fall short of my expectations.” His constant sneer had planted itself in my brain till now.

Every morning till this moment, I lived for those words, by those words. He had mentioned that I couldn’t challenge his decisions, so how...