INSTILLING FEAR

“Oh, sorry, my attention was just caught by the beautiful couple standing over there,” Cynthia feigned an explanation when she saw a couple she knew walk in.

“I gave them the invitation late, and I'm just surprised to see that they still made it,” she added with a faint smile, covering her guilt.

She was gripped with fear; there was no way someone who had been declared dead some years ago would still be alive, right?

“Well, I'm Cynthia, wife to the most handsome and richest man, as you can see, and thanks for gracing our occasion,” she said after heaving a sigh of relief, but the fear...