Chapter 72

Summer Knight was bickering with William Frost, while Alexander Barron stood nearby, clearly enjoying the show. Grace Hill, on the other hand, stayed completely out of it—cold expression, silently eating her food like this whole scene had nothing to do with her. William wasn’t having it. He’d basically been holed up at home lately, barely seeing Charlotte White, yet Grace still treated him like an annoying stranger. That attitude of hers really got under his skin. Meanwhile, James Carter and Isabella Knight’s wedding was being slapped together in a rush—for show, really, just to quiet those nasty online rumors. The Carter and Knight families had managed their PR decently; the damage to their companies had been minimized. Now, as long as today's event didn’t spiral out of control, they’d survive the scandal. Too bad Summer wasn’t about to let that happen. Backstage at the wedding, James and Isabella were getting their hair and makeup done, slipping into their outfits. “The media’s alrea