Chapter 2 - The Setup
Thirty minutes before the grand unveiling of the cake, the Blackwell ballroom was the picture of elite sophistication.
Marisol Reyes had worked eighteen-hour shifts for two weeks straight as a temp housekeeper for the Blackwell estate. She was raising Daisy entirely on her own after her husband passed away in a industrial accident two years ago.
Because Marisol had no childcare that evening, the head butler allowed little Daisy to sit quietly in the staff breakroom with a coloring book.
However, Celeste Vale—heir to Vale Logistics and Caleb Blackwell’s ambitious fiancée-to-be—had noticed the small girl wandering near the grand dessert display.
Celeste hated Marisol. Marisol had caught Celeste stealing confidential financial folders from Caleb’s private study two days earlier. Celeste needed a way to destroy Marisol’s credibility and get her fired immediately before Marisol could speak to Caleb.
When Daisy walked near the six-tier cake, admiring the sugar flowers, Celeste saw her golden opportunity. She stepped up behind the toddler, whispered softly to her, and nudged the heavy mahogany display cart with her knee!
The six-tier masterpiece crashed down, shattering crystal plates and spreading frosting everywhere.
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Celeste immediately began screaming, framing the innocent three-year-old girl and her mother before the entire room of billionaires and diplomats.
👉 But Celeste never expected a three-year-old child to speak up with such calm, terrifying clarity in front of Caleb Blackwell.
