Chapter 179

The scream snapped every head in the room toward Yvette. She was the star of tonight's homecoming party, but now, she was drenched in red wine. She had become the spectacle that everyone couldn't stop staring at. Howard, who had been standing by the side entrance, made his way through the crowd and walked over. Megan watched as Yvette took a towel from a server, her eyes narrowing slightly. She'd come tonight to negotiate with Yvette. Yvette was the one who had invited her, but she made things difficult for her and set the wager herself. But when she lost, she tried to wriggle out of it. What happened in Farisia during the ten or so minutes Howard had been gone had something to do with Elliott's secrets. Even if Megan told the whole truth, Yvette would just hold it over her the next time she got upset. The way Yvette had spat on both the Staffords and William had already made negotiation impossible. So be it. If Yvette wanted things to get ugly, Megan was done playing nice. "