Chapter 18

The guests in the room began murmuring in bewilderment. "Isn't that Brandon Slewman? What on earth is he doing here?" "There's no way the Lesterfields invited him. Their family and the Slewman family have been feuding for generations." "Look at Dillon Lesterfield's face—he's absolutely furious." Brandon ignored the stares and walked onto the stage. His eyes were fixed only on Roxanne. Stopping before her, his voice trembled as he said, "I've come to take you back, Roxanne. Come home with me." Roxanne was so dumbstruck that she couldn't form words. Her mind was racing with questions. She wondered why Brandon was here and how he even knew she had gone to Fleurkenstein. "Did he say 'come home' just now? Had he really come all this way just for me? No, that's impossible," Roxanne thought. Brandon was supposed to be living happily ever after with Nicole right now, so there was no need for him to have come looking for her. To him, her leaving should be a cause for celebration. Roxan