The Office Between Us
A queen of a kingdom of one.
Meanwhile, across the ballroom, Cassandra Reyes watched the silent exchange with a cold, calculating eye. She was a prominent figure in the business world, a socialite, a woman who knew everyone and had everything. She had been monitoring Isabelle's progress with a quiet, seething contempt, and she had seen the rumors about Damian's disappearance with a quiet, triumphant satisfaction. He had been broken. He was a ghost. And she, a woman who had once been a predator herself, knew that a ghost was a blank slate. A canvas to be painted. A man to be rebuilt.