Chapter 5

The ballroom remained silent for three full seconds.

Then camera shutters erupted all at once.

Adrian's hand was still suspended in front of my father.

He looked from him to me as the confidence drained from his face.

"She is your daughter?"

My father took the invitation back from the staff and turned it over, revealing the silver B on the back.

"Evelyn Whitmore. My only daughter."

The staff members who had been preparing to escort me out stepped back immediately.

The gala chair personally brought over the guest registry and pointed to the only empty seat in the front…