Jasmine“What do you mean, you own it?”Victoria was the first to find her voice. Her flawless high-society composure had completely cracked, her face twisted into a look of ugly, frantic confusion.I didn’t answer right away. I let the silence stretch across the massive ballroom, enjoying the tension it created.“I think I was pretty clear, Victoria.”I turned my head slightly, catching Marcus’s eye. He was still standing near the edge of the stage, his massive chest rising and falling in an even, steady rhythm.“Marcus, the property is mine. The Vanderbilts can confirm it.”On the floor below, the elderly patriarch and his wife offered a stiff, rapid sequence of nods to the surrounding crowd.Right on cue, Laura rushed up the stage stairs to my side, her tablet clutched tightly against her chest.“The wire transfer is already processing, Miss Vance,” she announced loudly enough for the front row to hear. “The payment is on the way.”“Marcus,” I said, my voice dropping back down to a
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