The Cross Family
Hellos, congratulations, the soft press of hands, a few sincere donors who’d known their father and meant what they said: Welcome home.
Then she saw them.
Damon stood near the far bar, backlit by a tower of cut-glass decanters. The light loved him; it always had. Sloane rested an elegant hand on his forearm, diamonds pooling cold fire at her wrist. Her smile found Mya like it had been stored and sharpened for this exact moment.
“Oh,” Sloane said brightly when they drew near, “so the heiress made it after all. You must be exhausted, dear—did you bring a PR team or just sentimentality?”