Chapter 6

Serena asked me to come to the family dinner.

I wanted to refuse. After everything that had happened, the last thing I wanted was an evening surrounded by the Williams family. But Serena insisted, promising it won’t be like the others.

I should have known better.

The moment I stepped into the private dinning hall, Fredrick Williams’s expression hardened like stone.

He didn’t even bother pretending to welcome me.

“You’ve been creating ruckus, Layla.” He cleared his throat as I pulled out a chair.

I sat down anyway, and his jaw tightened.

“The ceremony can be pushed back but there…