THE PARTY

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NARRATORS POV

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Sophie wanted to host the party away from their family mansion; she knew what transpired at the last party the family hosted to announce the contest for the new heir apparent to the Fernandez empire.

She wanted Caleb to feel comfortable and the only way to achieve that would be to ensure that the party was not held in their family banquet hall at their mansion where almost all the family ceremonies had been celebrated.

However, the family matriarch objected to the idea. She insisted that any event of the family must be held at the banquet hall. Sophie, who also inherited her grandmother’s...