SOPHIA’S POV
My pulse slammed in my ears, and I felt the heat of every stare pinning me down.
Amber-Leigh leaned in with a smile that could slice glass. “Guess your career’s over before it even started.”
I wanted to claw her face off, but then a hand clamped around my wrist.
Jace.
He pulled me forward, his voice cutting through the noise. “Enough.”
The murmurs dipped and people turned.
“Anyone who believes my wife would stoop to stealing from children is a fool,” he said, loud enough for the whole hall to hear. “This event is for charity. And anyone spreading lies will answer to me.”
Gasps rippled again.
Then he walked out of the hall.
Amber-Leigh stepped closer. “What a shame. Even your husband can’t believe what you’re capable of.”
I flattened my hand on the table until my
