*Saoirse*
"Rhys!" the socialite yelled back in response, a look of surprise on her face as she rushed over to us.
I wanted to roll my eyes at the woman who already seemed fake to me. I balked at the fact she could act surprised to see Rhys when the event she just crashed was his engagement party to me.
Taking a deep breath, I tried to calm myself down. I wasn't the kind to hate a woman just because she was pretty and my man was looking at her like a long-lost best friend. But when she proceeded to throw her arms around him in an intimate embrace, I found my normal temperament gone.
I did not like this woman.
And I didn't even know who she was.
"Oh, how rude of me," the object of my ire said, releasing Rhys from her hug and turning to the rest of us. "Hello, Your Majesties. It's so great to see you again. I hope you've been well."
"And you, Alexa," the queen replied. "It has been a long time."
