83. SHALL WE SPEAK?

KATERINA

".. can I know the dress details? It looks stunning, really. I feel like I need to have it on me at least once in a lifetime." One of the trophy wives I had sat with gushed and I just forced a smile, trying to keep mg attention on them.

I kept wondering if Vincent was going to show up for this party or he would send a representative. From what I knew about him, he would most likely send a representative; the man never liked to be stressed.

But at the same time, he was full of surprises.

I did not want him here. I did not feel like being confronted by him over the truth yet. I did not feel like explaining why I was not dead as he had thought.. why his plan did not work and how far I actually intended to go with my payback. But I had missed out on two major events in the past few days already because I was hiding from him, and I could not miss this one again.

I answered the woman who was sitting across me, "Actually, my dress is custom made, but I can give you my stylist's cont