The dinner party at the Ricardo mansion was suffocating. I gripped my champagne flute, watching Delilah Silas flounce about the room like she owned it. Her voice grated on my nerves as she bragged about the heroic deed that had supposedly made me the darling of social media.
"The Ricardo family couldn't be prouder of our Imogen," Delilah announced to the gathered guests. "Such bravery, such selflessness. The press can't get enough of her!"
I smiled demurely, playing the part I'd perfected since childhood—the golden Johnson heiress. Inside, I was floating on cloud nine. Everything was finally going my way.
"Did you see the headline in the Observer?" Liam squeezed my hand, beaming with pride. "My fiancée, the hero of Oceanion."
