#Chapter 288: An Accident? Or Not?

“Oh, no! Piper, I’m so sorry!” she exclaimed. She placed her empty glass down on a nearby table then held her hands out to me like she intended to do something. Yet she never actually touched me or my clothes. “What can we do? That will stain right away!” She was right. Red wine stains didn’t come out at all once they were set. I studied Bridget for a moment, trying to determine if this had truly been an accident. Everything had happened so quickly. Bridget could have lost balance. In the moment, that had been what it looked like. Bridget was a professional actress. She could make anything look accidental. But what would her end goal have been for deception? To ruin my outfit? To get me out of the way? I wasn’t even talking to Nicholas, I had been talking to Julian! And Bridget hadn’t really shown any possessive interest in him. At least, not on the same level of Nicholas. If this hadn’t been an accident, that meant that Bridget had it personally out for me, and that just seemed s