CHAPTER 23

~Audrina~

We all waited in the banquet hall. The tension was on everyone. What was he going to look like? became the disturbing question that pricked my heart. I could clearly hear the gossip from the exotic guests who kept staring at me.

"I heard he is very ugly; it's such a pity." I heard a voice say, but I remained calm and told her not to have heard a word.

"Perhaps that's why he always wears a mask. I feel pity for Audrina; she deserves someone far more handsome than an ugly prick," another voice said.

I turned around and locked eyes with the very people who gossiped with reckless abandon.

"Why don't you wait and see what he actually looks like before opening your mouth to speak ill about him? Pity your words before my future," I said with a clenched fist.

James walked in and everywhere became dead silent; his presence brought a different aura, and of course, everyone, including me, was eager to see the face beneath the mask. My skin itched to touch his face. He slowly walked to