Shattered Facade

It was as if Brooke's carefully constructed façade had been stripped away, leaving her last shred of pretense exposed and her true intentions laid bare before Celine.

She struggled to maintain her composure, refusing to let Celine's words pull her off balance.

"What does any of this have to do with him?" Brooke couldn't grasp it.

Both Vance and Celine seemed to have moved past the incident entirel