Dancing With Destiny

Chapter 43

heart sank when Xavier suggested introducing me to the visitors. I knew I had to put on the act of a dutiful wife for the sake of the pack. Xavier took my hand in his and led me to the other guests, the weight of my emotions concealed under a rehearsed grin.

Xavier mixed with the gathering with ease, introducing me to both pack members and guests. I played my role, making polite talk and pretending to be happy, but on the inside, a sensation of unease gnawed at me. Every moment in his presence reminded me of the world I dearly wanted to escape.

Xavier was dressed in a coal-black suit, and he greeted and presented me to the visitors as the polite host.

An emptiness gnawed at my heart, and I couldn't help but question whether the saying, "Money can't buy happiness," was just a bitter truth. I had believed in the illusion of wealth bringing happiness as a child, but now, in the splendor of this mansion, I knew otherwise. It was all a sham—an illusion that hid the crushing r