Chapter 129: Bait

FAYE

All around me, jewels glittered, dancing under the bright lights of the ballroom.

Millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds and every other gemstone imaginable were draped around the necks of women who’d never had to work a day in their lives.

I'd grown used to distinguishing those ones from women like Yvonne, and then myself.

It wasn't a secret in this tedious high class society that I was some child Maximus had out of wedlock, with some woman.

Some of them gave me looks but mostly curious ones. They knew better than to be anything but cautious and respectful around me.

Lifting a glass of champagne that wasn’t worth the two-thousand-dollar-a-bottle price tag to my lips, I let my gaze travel the room, searching for my date for the evening.

He'd been back to check on me like he'd promised, and then we'd both gone into work together, promising to meet up later.

And now here we were, at the outstanding employee award ceremony for the Crist holdings.

We all had to attend of course.