Chapter 97

MADISON’S POV The whole room spun around in shock, and the congratulations washing over me swept me on sheer thrill. I blushed and I wasn't even trying to hide it. Because why on God's green earth should I ever have tried to hide it? Now they won't compare me to that miserable Kimberly. As Xavier Ravenwood's future wife, I got them talking. I got them begging. They should be knocking down doors to get to me. And they did. I rested my elbow on my knee, grinning into the amount of praises showering on me. As long as I was Xavier's fiancée, as long as I held the authority of being able to say to the world that he belonged to me, I'd never be anything less than deserving of their respect. Their love. Their fear. "Dad," Michael's cold voice reached my ears, making me roll my eyes. "If you are really going to make the announcement, it shouldn't go to Madison." My own smile wavering for a moment before I fought it back onto my face, but fists balled in the armrest of my own chair. Michael w