Gilded Regrets

Vivienne’s POV

(December 2020)

It was Boxing Day, and the Sokolov mansion pulsed with music and laughter. The place was alive; glittering with decorations that must have cost a fortune. Not that I expected anything less. The Sokolovs never did anything halfway. Gold leaf edged the champagne glasses, live jazz curled around the walls like smoke, and there was so much silk, velvet, and backless cou