CHAPTER 98

For wealthy people like Connor, the world was sure to hear of his upcoming engagement party. The engagement party between two prominent wealthy families. It was the talk of the town the entire week. Connor and Jessica even made a public appearance at an event together, smiling and holding hands, confirming the rumour was true and wasn't just baseless. If only they knew just how much time it had taken me to convince Connor to do this and how much planning we had put into deceiving them all into seeing something that wasn't even there at all. I should give myself a trophy for how easy it was for me to manipulate and control people. Tory had stopped by the house a day after the announcement had gone viral and I had stayed in my room all the while she was there, hearing her quarrel with Conor. If I was still as ignorant as I was the first time I had met her, I would have thought Tory was a concerned lover who was caught up in all this drama. But I knew better now. Enough to know that she