“Come on, Serena. I want everyone to see what is left of you after I left.”
The audio message from Damian Rawlins arrived at 8:17 p.m., while Serena Quinlan was getting ready in front of the mirror in her apartment in Atlanta. She did not answer, choosing instead to just stand there and listen to his voice fill the room.
“Don’t worry about wearing an expensive dress because nobody expects that of you. After the divorce, I suppose you have learned to live with much less.”
Brooke, her trusted assistant, clutched a thick leather folder tightly against her chest as she watched her employer.
“You don’t have to go to this event at all. This isn’t a genuine invitation, it is clearly a trap meant to embarrass you.”
Serena picked up the elegant ivory envelope from her vanity desk. The party was scheduled to be held at a massive gated mansion in Miami, where Damian had invited top hotel owners, prominent society journalists, high-profile investors from San Diego, and mutual acquaintances who had vanished the moment he started claiming that she was left empty and kept only by her foolish pride.
In one bottom corner of the invite, almost hidden beneath gold foil, Serena caught sight of the Helios Capital logo and smiled slightly.
“He doesn’t know,” she murmured softly.
“What doesn’t he know?” Brooke asked, stepping closer to the vanity.
“He chose the worst possible scenario to make fun of me,” Serena replied.
A fresh notification flashed across her phone screen with another message from Damian: “Don’t be late tonight, because pity also has a strict schedule.”
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