Introduction (4)

Still in shock, Ashley could not accept the scene unfolding in front of her. 

"What did I do so wrong that he had to do this to me?" She whispered to herself. In a sense, she had been intentionally invited because she had championed that Mirabel was not married to her husband.

It was because of the very fact that she had made everyone aware that she was to be with Jorge and made no secret of it. It seemed like a mild blow, though, but the Trimshaws and their staff did not give a hoot about her state of mind. 

  Oblivious to this, Jorge Trimshaw took Mirabel around and introduced her to each and every prominent person in the room, for that was the reason he had held the gathering in the first place.

He either pretended that he was unaware of the slight frown that was becoming more prominent on many people's faces, or he ignored it.