Chapter 6

At my signal, the hotel screen lit up — and footage began to play.

Function suite corridor. The night of the party.

In the video: after I'd walked toward the bathroom, Marcus deliberately fell behind the group and called out to Reid.

"I hear you've spent most of your time abroad."

"Women who grow up overseas are just different, aren't they. Open-minded."

"Not like some people who've stayed here their whole lives, completely brainwashed — acting like getting married means stripping the man's family bare."

"Did you mean what you said earlier? That you'd marry me without asking for anything? That you'd bring your own car?"

"I have to tell you — I noticed you the moment I walked in."

"I'd break off my engagement for you."