The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 220

Meanwhile.

Nora and Cassidy were slowly making their way through the blistering cold, arms linked tightly.

"Seriously," Cassidy chattered, "why did Diana drag us outside? Why couldn't we just walk back to the ballroom?"

"I have no idea," Nora replied, teeth chattering so hard she could barely form the words. Without her fur wrap, she was freezing. "Maybe she had to step out for something."

"Or maybe she didn't want Seraphina walking back through the main hall looking like that."

"Ugh."

Cassidy let out a long sigh, her breath puffing out in a thick white cloud.

"Let's hurry." Nora tried to speed up. "You can't catch a cold. My ankle is fine."

"You literally twisted it. Don't be a hero. Walking on a sprain will only make it worse."

"It's not sprained. I just tripped over my heels."

"You were knocked across the hallway."

"I didn't fly! It was the stupid heels. I lost my balance."

They bickered affectionately as they hobbled along.

Cassidy suddenly asked, "By the way, how do you know Lucius Vane?"

Nora shook her head. "I don't."

"Then how did he know your name?"

Nora looked startled. "Wait, that was Lucius Vane?"

Cassidy shot her a deadpan look.

"I swear I don't know him," Nora insisted. "But I did see him once when I was a kid. He visited my house. That scar on his eye is pretty hard to forget."

"He visited your house?" Cassidy frowned. "Why?"

"How should I know?" Nora shrugged. "I only saw him that one time. I was a teenager. Vivian Cole and Bella Monroe were entertaining him."

"Was David Dodge there?"

Nora thought for a second. "I don't think so. He rarely stayed at the house back then."

Which meant Vivian and Bella were personally acquainted with Lucius Vane.

And they had known him for over a decade.

Cassidy's voice dropped. "This feels extremely sketchy."

Nora nodded in agreement. "I'll mention it to Maloney later."

As they spoke, they rounded the final corner, spotting the hotel's grand entrance just ahead.

The massive revolving doors spun steadily. As the gala neared its end, guests were pouring out, bringing waves of warm air and chatter with them.

Salvation was in sight.

By unspoken agreement, both girls quickened their pace.

"Still," Cassidy couldn't help but add, "if you didn't even know who he was, how did you have the guts to talk back to him like that?"

"Huh?" Nora tilted her head. "I didn't say anything crazy."

"You were practically mouthing off."

"I was not."

"You absolutely were."

"He was literally holding us hostage! I'm allowed to be a little annoyed."

"Do you have any idea what that man does for a living?"

"No! I told you I didn't know who he was!"

Cassidy sighed heavily.

Fair enough.

Ignorance truly was bliss.

"He used to run organized crime."

"It's a civilized society now."

"Which makes him even more dangerous!"

"Oh. Right."

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