Alice sat quietly at the edge of the ballroom, her wine untouched in her hand. Her lips pressed tightly together, eyes following Rex from across the room. He hadn’t looked her way again, not even once. Cold. Indifferent. Detached.He’s changed, she thought bitterly. Ever since I returned from abroad, it’s like he stopped seeing me at all. Like I never mattered. Even tonight, he asked me to leave. Me.She scoffed quietly to herself, swirling the untouched drink in her glass.But he can’t push me away that easily. Not while Dianne still wants me here. As long as she’s on my side, I’ll remain exactly where I belong.Her thoughts were cut short by the clinking of a glass from the stage. Marcus Anderson, the formidable patriarch of the Anderson Empire, stood in a dark navy suit, crisp and sharp, commanding attention without even raising his voice.“Ladies and gentlemen,” his voice echoed across the hall, “thank you for coming to Anderson Empire's anniversary gala. Thank you for all your su
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