Chapter Forty-Three: Becoming Mrs. Montgomery

Two days before the grand gala, and I was already tired of pretending to be perfect.

Before the main event could officially start, every Montgomery had to show up for this so-called family dinner. Lucian called it tradition, something passed down long before his grandfather was even a thought. To me, it just sounded like another excuse for people born dripping in money to remind themselves they were still better than everyone else.

Every year, Lucian and Sienna skipped it. Even though it was a quiet, private dinner with no cameras, no reporters, and no outsiders allowed, they never bothered showing up. Guess sitting in a room full of people who whispered about them not having kids wasn’t exactly their ideal perseverance. But this year, out of nowhere and for some unknown reason, he suddenly decided attendance was mandatory

He said it was a “good idea” for me to get acquainted with his family, to build some kind of strategy from our meeting. Apparently, I needed to “get into the shoes