C102 The Wife

The second family event was worse than the first.

Isabella stood at the edge of the ballroom, a glass of champagne warm in her hand, her eyes scanning the crowd. Sebastian was across the room, speaking with a cousin she didn't recognize. Lucas and Lily were with a nanny in the children's wing, safe from the politics and posturing of the Thorn family.

She should have stayed home.

"Ms. Davenport