Lily's Point of View

The flashing lights of the cameras blinded me before I could even comprehend what was occurring. Reporters rushed toward me as soon as I got out of my car in front of the office building, their voices slamming into one another in a frenzied clamor. "Ms. Vance, is the report telling the truth about your covert relationship with Marcus Steele?"

"Are you trying to get into the steel family with your son?"

"According to sources, you have been plotting to turn into the new fiancee! Do you have an answer?

I was struck by questions like bullets. I froze and clutched my handbag till my knuckles...