[Reid Mansion—Morning After the Gala]
The mansion was painfully quiet, in fact, it was too quiet for Olivia's liking.
Sunlight poured through the tall windows but the brightness only made Olivia's headache worse.
She paced the length of the sitting room in a silk robe and her fingers clenched tightly around a half-finished cup of coffee she no longer tasted.
She stopped by the window. Her chest was rising and falling in short angry breaths, still very enraged over how Alexander and her husband had insulted her during the event. And no matter how many times she had tried, she couldn't let it go.
Her hand tightened around the coffee cup as she replayed the scene in her mind like a. It felt like an open wound pressed hard and it burned.
Just then, Benjamin entered the room, adjusting his cuff links and looking far too calm for her state of mind.
He didn't spare her more than a brief glance.
"You are up early, honey," he said mildly. "Didn't you sleep well?"
