Robert
Things were going so well at the gala. The food was delicious, the champagne was flowing steadily, the live band was setting up for the evening’s entertainment. I was sitting with Noelle, holding her hand under the table, watching my son giggle with his friend, feeling like I had the whole world by the balls.
Honestly, I’d almost forgotten that Alba was at the table, until Mrs. Alder came over spitting nails.
If we hadn’t been celebrating the grand opening of the resort, if we hadn’t been sitting at the table with the CEO of the Segretto Star empire, and if we hadn’t been present with innocent children…I might have thoroughly enjoyed watching Alba get roasted by the Real Housewives of Rutberg County.
Then I saw Trevor wink at Lucy, and Lucy grinned back at him. And I started to
