Chapter 22 The Punishment

Damien POV

Alex's appearance caught me off guard.

I had someone make things difficult for Alex, to keep him from showing up in front of Allison again, and to warn him to face the reality that Allison chose me.

The organizer of this charity gala was Alex's father. I knew about it, but Alex had never liked this kind of event, and everyone knew he was not interested in inheriting his father's tech company.

But Alex had changed now. He accepted his family's arrangement for him, just to see Allison and to help her.

My business partners didn't know about the relationship between Alex and Allison. They teased me about how beautiful and dazzling my date was, so much so that the son of the host of this banquet, that young man, was bewitched by her and chose to dance the first dance with her.

I might have been pleased with these words. After all, my date was praised by everyone, but they couldn't have her. She just belonged to me.

But I wasn't. I just made do with holding up my glass, loo