And I believed Lando would never give me something that could embarrass me in the future.
"Imitation necklace?" I repeated her words, tilting my head to the side and deciding to act innocent like her. "What do you mean by that? Just because we have the same necklace doesn't mean one of them is fake, right?"
Maxwell let out a loud scoff. "Not only do you have a rotten heart, you're also stupid!" he snapped. "That jewel only exists once in the world! And I'm sure neither you nor your crippled husband could ever afford it!"
I had a sudden urge to throw a chair at his face right there, but I held myself back. If I reacted that way, I'd become the villain in this scene, and I refused to give Madeline that satisfaction. I wanted her to be the one humiliated today.
But the real question was… why wasn't Victor Brixton stopping any of this? Why was he just standing there on his little stage, watching us like we were some kind of entertainment?
