Chapter 34 – Scandal Unfolds
Security hurried across the event space, squeezing past groups of startled amendees as they attempted to look into the disturbance. Their epleres blated with rushed wwwed them to halt as they approached the drama’s local point
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In the middle of the mayhem, Sebastian st with his all naked with wine, the liquid tickling from his hair onto the tiny floor. As the crowd watched, their disapproval evident, t a mix of rage and embastavment, Hard and
“Daily, what the fuck is wrong with you?” he demanded. Emily, standing a few feet away, leaned in slightly, her voice calm yet cutting as she whispered just fa Mim, –
“Consider this payback” Her lips curled into a smirk, satisfaction gleaming In her eyes.
Lindly straightened her postare, confidently glaring back at him. Then she took a deliberate step back andspoke loudly enough for everyone in the room to beat,
“I want my money, Sebastian!” she declared, her words echoing across the hall.
Everyone in the throng gasped, and whispers spread like wildrive. In an attempt to document the controversy as it was developing, many started recording the situation with their phones
Sebastian stretched his arms and rolled his eyes in a sneer,
“Thave no idea what you’re talking about”
Emily’s eyes narrowed, and her jaw tightened,
“Oh, you want to play stupid?”
Sebastian smirked, shrugging diamatically,
“stupid” okay, why don’t you go on and tell everyone exactly how Love you money? Histone dipped with mockery, and the challenge in his eyes was unmistakable.
The crowd hushed, leaning doses, waiting for her response. Emily’s eyes flitted across the room, balefly settling on faces she recognized, Liam, a few of Sebastian’s other friendi, but none
of them had the strength to confront her. Then she saw Madeline standing near Jacob, and a thought came to her, she looked back at Sebastian with a sly smile en het face.
“You requested my services” she began, her voice loud and deliberate,
“Sexually, the night before your wedding, and on your wedding day!”
The coom erupted into a mixture of gasps and murmurs. Hands flew to mouths in disbelief as all eyes fixed on Sebastian.
“You stupid cunt!” Sebastian roared, lunging toward her. Emily held her ground, the net never taking off her face as the mob rushed, restraining him. Liam felt sick to his stomach from the gallery.
“Oh no” he said and then pushed his way through the throng to head downstairs as fast as he could faced, Emily’s voice broke through the confusion once more,
“What? Dich’s we always fuck before your wedding, Sebastian? In the car? In the hotel? The bathroom?” She thare het hands up for emphasis, her words striking like a hammer,
I have receipts of these things!”
The whispers in the crowd became frantic chitchat. Now, phones were trained on Sebastian, Emily, and everybody else who had any kind of connection to them,
*Liar!” Sebastian struggled against the hands restraining him, his face twisted in anger as ho
Emily ignored him and used on Madeline instead, she tilted her head intake sympathy,
“But smart pants over heje weten steps ahead” she said sarcastically.
“She’s with your boss now!!
Her words were as sharp as her dramatic applause. The atmosphere in them was suddenly intolerable as
#1 want my money, Sebastian” Emily shouted, her voice cutting through the noise like a blade,
“Five million!”
is the throng erupted in gasps and scandalized laughing.
I of lecting the shock sink in, Emily pivoted on her heel and strode out of the hallway, followed by cameras
The room echoed with another round of gaps at the number alone. After a m
ta moment of lecing!
Liam eventually arrived at Sebastian’s side, he firmly grasped his arm,
“Let’s go, now
Sebastian
kedi igidly and let Liam lead him away, his anger simmering just beyond the surface. Heads turned to watch their retreat as they switly made their way through the crowd. When the event’s host took the stage, his hesitant laughing hardly concealed his own surprise,
“Well, that was unexpected!” he said, trying to lighten the mood,
The atmospher was vocably altered, but the music came back, filling the room with a steady bear, the scandal of the evening dominated the conversations as guests tied in
*Sex the night before the
“And now his ex–fiancée is with the bon
As if nothing had happened, the music continued as arch and Madeline resumed their slow dance moves on the dance floor. Madeline’s lips curled into a tiny selle as she looked at ) “Well, that was dramatic” she saidultly.
jarschackled, his handsliding further up her back,
“Indeed, but nothing can ruin this night, not for us”
Madeline leaned her head against his lost, closing het eyes as they swayed to the rhythm.
