Chapter 66
Evan stood beside his grandmother, the ambient warmth of the ballroom doing little to ease the chill in his chest. It was two days before Christmas, and the Sterling family’s annual holiday ball was in full swing. Honestly, Evan had spent weeks wondering if Eleanor would even have the courage to uphold the tradition this year—not after the epic failure he had proven himself to be, or the public spectacle he'd created by showing the entire city just how socially s*icidal a Sterling could get.
Yet, lo and behold, Eleanor Sterling hadn’t faltered for a single second.
When Evan first received the heavy, embossed invitation, it came with a handwritten note that read like an ultimatum: This is your last and only chance to prove your worth to this family.
He still didn’t know wheth
