Aveline had never entered the event to socialize with people. She had never planned to walk around with Damien to meet guests. Everything had gone as she planned.
Though a small part of her had doubted whether Damien would swallow his pride and shock, if he had, the crowd wouldn't have seen Ashford's true colors, and she would have had to put on an act for much longer. Anyway, he had cracked just enough to give her the space to walk away.
If there was going to be any event she hosted, it would be through her Grace & Bloom Event Management company, not to glorify Damien, the very man who thought of her as much less than human.
However, there had been an unplanned complication: her throbbing foot. The pain was making her increasingly dizzy, the more she walked.
"I can't walk," she grimaced painfully as she grabbed Mike Wilson's hand. She was Damien's plus-one, so she hadn't been able to get Mike inside as her guest.
