As soon as David proposed to her, all the cameras and microphones turned towards Juliet for her response.It was a major celebrity moment that would dominate headlines for weeks.Juliet and David used to be childhood friends when the Cross and Forbes families were close.Their grandfathers played golf every weekend and acted like brothers, even jokingly promising each other that they'd unite their families through marriage.Until the companies became rivals and the friendship curdled.Juliet took a slow breath and shook her head gently. "I'm sorry. I respect your gesture, but I can't marry you."David's charming smile stayed in place. He wasn't about to give up so easily.In public, the Cross heir had a sterling reputation for his business acumen, leadership skills, and flawless character.His close friends knew what he really was. A womaniser who hunted young women as a hobby, and who traveled the world picking them out of crowds that did not know his name.Juliet was the one who had

Jack said nothing about Juliet's outburst or the hand she had slapped away.He had momentarily enjoyed an unexpected view of his fiancee's cleavage. But his attention had already moved to the suspicious thing he had extracted from her dress."It's a tracking device," Jack said with a raised eyebrow. "Your enemies are not amateurs. They want to monitor your location."Juliet covered her ripped dress with one hand and her mouth in shock with the other. "A tracking device in my dress? Who are these enemies? And how did they plant it?"Jack chuckled and turned towards Elena. "Wasn't she the one who got the coat for you? How long has she been working at the company?"As Juliet turned towards her assistant questioningly, Elena immediately reacted to the accusation. "How dare you level such a vile allegation at me?""I only purchased the dress, and then it went through the company's scanners. How am I responsible if someone planted the device?""Then you wouldn't mind showing me your phone?"

Juliet's jaw tightened, but she stayed silent. Responding to her sister only encouraged her antics more.The group moved to a smaller side table for drinks, Lydia and Cathy pulling Dean along while dragging Juliet and Jack with them.Lydia wasted no time. She turned to Dean with a dramatic sigh."You should see the kind of trash that Juliet dragged into our home. A worthless driver who thinks he belongs at the Forbes table. If she parades him tonight, our family will lose face in front of Redmont city's elite.""He's even dressed like a laborer at our family gala, perhaps expecting we'll get him new clothes. What a gold digger!"Cathy nodded eagerly. "Exactly. Jack is such a joke. Dean, you should see how he played with our guard dogs like some homeless man who wandered in. Yuck."Dean smirked, looking Jack up and down. "The driver, huh? That is strange. Juliet definitely deserves better than him."He was visiting the newly installed Drummonds refinery in Redmont City when he first spo

The doctors present at the gala rushed over, checking Rick's pulse and breathing. One of them shook his head grimly."We have to rush him to the hospital right now, but it looks too late.""His heart is failing fast," another doctor chimed in."It looks like poisoning. We need a stomach pump and intravenous injections. There's nothing we can do here.""Even if we carry Mayor Albany to the hospital, his heart would give out. It's too late."Sophia burst into tears and looked up at the Forbes table for help. Donald slowly stood up, his face turned to stone with panic."If the Mayor dies at my gala, the Forbes reputation will be ruined for years. Headlines screaming scandal and murder. Business deals collapsing. This is a nightmare!"He searched desperately around the table for solutions.Juliet noticed her grandfather spiraling. She looked at Rick Albany's still face, at Sophia weeping on the floor, at the doctors already stepping back from him.Her eyes moved to Jack.He was watching he

Selena voiced Jack's name aloud but it was drowned by the media's buzz.She locked her eyes longingly onto Jack where he stood against the wall. She wanted to run to him.The ocean of paparazzi and fans surrounded her, their cameras flashing like fireworks, but she seemed to see only him.Her entourage tried to guide her towards the private lounge, but she broke free for a second and took a step in his direction."Jack?" she called out again, her voice barely audible over the noise. "Wait, I need to talk to you!"Jack pretended not to hear her. He kept his arms crossed, his eyes fixed on the opposite wall, acting like just another random guard.The last thing he needed was Juliet, his future wife, finding out that he had spent the previous evening in a hotel room with a beautiful celebrity in the same building.Selena's manager, Lexi, a sharp woman in a black pantsuit, grabbed her arm firmly."Miss Hart, we're late for the meeting. Maybelin and Juliet are waiting, and you have a photos