THE BARREN EX-WIFE WHO CAME BACK
I looked up from where I'd fallen, and my eyes immediately found Sebastian.
He was smirking.
The bastard was actually smirking, as though watching me fall and humiliate myself was the most entertaining thing he'd seen all night.
The laughter grew louder, echoing off the vaulted ceilings, and I wanted to disappear. I wanted the floor to open up and swallow me whole. I'd been so close to proving I belonged here, so close to showing that I could fit into Nicholas's world.
And then I'd fallen.
Literally.
"Vanessa—" Nicholas's voice cut through the laughter, and suddenly he was kneeling beside me, his hand reaching for mine.