#Chapter 22: The Spoiled Heiress

Audrey & Edwin Audrey’s POV Just as the wine was about to splash all over me, a blur of movement caught the corner of my eye. I flinched instinctively, squeezing my eyes shut as I braced for the inevitable drenching of red liquid all over my dress. But it never came. Slowly, I peeled one eye open, only to find Gavin standing there with a rapidly spreading stain of red across the front of his crisp white dress shirt. He had jumped right into the path of the wine, shielding me from the brunt of it. “What the hell?” the blonde woman snarled, slamming her empty glass down on the table with a thud. “That wasn’t meant for you!” Gavin straightened up, brushing a few stray droplets from the sleeve of his jacket as he regarded her evenly. “I’m sorry, Miss, but I cannot let you assault another patron,” he said, his tone shockingly calm despite the rage twisting the woman’s delicate features. “I’m going to have to ask you to leave.” “Do you even know who I am