In love with the enemy
Assets froze.
Her father's desperate calls went unanswered, and soon, the whispers began suicide, scandal, weakness.
Adrian had stood by his father's side through it all, his face empty with no emotion, untouched by the wreckage. He hadn't even glanced at her that night, a mere shadow in the hallway.
But she had memorized him: the way he commanded space without effort, the cold calculation in his gaze. He was the devil's son, and tonight, in this ballroom, he still wore the crown.