Madeline's heart was already hanging at her throat as she stood beside Cassian. Different scenes on how bad this meeting could get flooded her mind and she hesitated, shuddering slightly in fear and giving her plans with Cassian a second thought.
But every uncomfortable feeling vanished in a split second when she felt Cas's warm hand holding hers, his fingers intertwining with hers as if to reassure her she had nothing to worry about.
She looked at him with surprise, but his eyes were fixed on Amadeus who halted at the entrance of the main door. She saw the guilt in his Amber-brown eyes, like he was silently blaming himself for getting Amadeus into this mess, but the guilty look disappeared when they started going down the stairs together.
All eyes were now fixed on the two couples, and Madeline drew in a deep breath as she remembered their plan. All she had to do was pretend to be in love with him. That's it.
