Chapter 5 - High Society Guests Whisper About The Shocking Scandal
The ballroom erupted into a chaotic storm of flashing camera phones and loud, scandalized murmurs.
Influencers and corporate executives who had spent the evening sipping Dom Pérignon now scrambled to capture every second.
“Can you believe the Stirlings tried to pull off a stunt like this?” a prominent hedge fund manager whispered loudly.
“His father-in-law’s stock is going to hit absolute rock bottom when Wall Street opens on Monday morning,” another replied.
Julian ignored the whispering crowd, his focus locked entirely on the woman standing patiently by the sweetheart table.
He walked past his weeping bride without another glance, stopping just inches away from the maid in the apron.
“What is your name?” Julian asked, his voice softening as he looked into her tired, compassionate eyes.
“My name is Maya, Julian,” she answered, offering a small, sad smile that reached her eyes.
“Maya,” Julian repeated as if tasting the word for the first time after years of swallowing bitter poison.
May you like
“Will you give me a chance to make right what should never have been broken in the first place?”
Maya looked down at the polaroid in his hand, then back up at the man she had pulled back from the brink of death.
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