CINDERELLA'S FORCED MARRIAGE WITH BILLIONAIRE
Yet something tightened in my chest.
Claire, on the other hand, looked like she’d swallowed glass. Her perfectly manicured nails dug into her palms as she watched Grandfather declare Emma the winner. "This is absurd!" she hissed under her breath, though loud enough for me to hear.
He held up his hand and motioned for the butler, who came forward carrying a black velvet box. Grandfather opened it and inside was a delicate heirloom—an old family pendant shaped like a phoenix.
“Let it be known,” he said grandly, “that the winner of today’s artistic duel is Charlotte Martinez, my granddaughter-in-law. And as a token of honor, this heirloom shall be passed to her.”
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