Shattered Facade

Celine let out a cold, dismissive laugh. "You don't even know who Reverie is, yet you've been name-dropping them all evening to boost your own status. Who gave you the nerve?"

Gemma was rendered completely speechless, a wave of intense humiliation washing over her.

A woman standing nearby, trying to smooth things over, spoke up, "Ms. Alden's gown was a custom commission arranged by Mr. Sterling