Chapter 90 A Night to Remember

Alicia Davenport My plan tonight was simple. Sit, drink, enjoy the music, and maybe dance with Cindy if we felt like it. That’s all. Nothing extravagant, nothing out of the ordinary. But here I am, on the dance floor, moving to the beat… with a man I don’t even know. And that’s not what I had planned. The biggest surprise is that I didn’t say no when he asked me to dance. I had too much on my plate to spend time with strangers, let alone dance with one. Work deadlines, Daniel’s worry called about my soon to be wedding with Nicholas, and, of course, the devil himself—who somehow lingered in my mind no matter how much I tried to push him out. The media wasn’t helping either. It was like they had a magnifying glass on me lately, looking for any crack in the perfect, polished image they expected me to project. But maybe that’s the whole point. Maybe the mask covering my face is giving me the courage to be someone else for one night. Someone carefree. Someone who isn’t Alicia Davenpor