Chapter 69

We spun through the crowd, faster and faster until the room became a blur of colors and lights around us. The other dancers seemed to fade away in that blur until it felt like we were in our own little bubble, just the two of us moving together as one.

I hated how my body responded to him, how easily it fell into his rhythm, how naturally we moved together. I hated even more the way I lost my breath, the way my heart raced not from fear or anger, but from something else entirely.

“You look beautiful tonight,” Andrei said, his eyes never leaving mine as we whirled across the floor. “Green always was your color.”

I didn’t respond. Couldn’t. My mind was reeling, trying to process what was happening. Andrei was dancing with me. Andrei, who had never once danced with me during our entire marriage.

I remembered all those balls and galas, standing on the sidelines while he networked with other Alphas. I remembered waiting, hoping that just once he would ask me to dance, that he would show th