Vivienne POV

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The days after the dinner party felt like walking through fog. My mind refused to rest, not even for a second. Damon and Catherine’s offer replayed like a broken record—her blunt explanation, his cool announcement of me as his fiancée without my consent, the promise of money, the threat of two whole years tied to them.

I couldn’t decide if it was an opportunity or a trap. And what unsettled me most was the truth I couldn’t see. Were they really trying to protect ...