Chase Sterling always felt like furniture. The kind you don't notice, the kind that's easy to shove in a corner and forget. He was used to it: people looked right through him, brushed him off like lint. But it only takes one phone call to erase a lifetime of being overlooked. When his estranged family meets a tragic end, Chase suddenly finds himself in charge of the sprawling Sterling fortune. Turns out, riches aren't the only thing the family left him. There's a curse running through his blood, warping love into something hungry and dangerous, impossible to escape.

Vivian Ashford never set out to blow Chase's life to smithereens. Just one decision (a sharp, ruthless move at graduation) was all it took to set their worlds spinning out of control. While Vivian soaks up the Hollywood limelight and collects red-carpet headlines, Chase slips into his new role as Manhattan's most intimidating heir. But no matter how far they run, something keeps yanking them back together, like a stitch in an old wound that refuses to heal.

The engagement party is exactly what I expected and worse, all lavish rooftop venue with city lights sparkling below and champagne flowing endlessly and beautiful people pretending to be happy for couple that's performing relationship for cameras and corporate strategy. I shouldn't be here, have no reason to attend celebration of Chase marrying someone who isn't me, have excellent excuse to stay home and avoid public torture. But Sienna convinced me that staying away looks like I care too much, looks like I'm destroyed by engagement, looks like giving curse exactly what it wants which is my suffering displayed for everyone to witness.


Chapter 76 - The Engagement Party