The Heiress Returns: Reclaiming My Legacy
Fate had a cruel sense of humor.
He stood near the back, with his striking figure even in the chaos and his perfectly tailored jacket catching the stage lights. He wasn’t smiling, his dark, assessing eyes were locked on me, unblinking, the irritation in them too sharp to be disguised. I felt it sear straight through my chest.
“Oh God,” I whispered, barely audible even to myself.
But Jack was oblivious, lost in his own show, drunk on adrenaline and attention. He bent lower, still clutching the microphone and staring at me with that wild, triumphant light in his eyes as if the crowd, the music, the flashing phones didn’t exist.