"Why did it take you so long?" Geneva asked as Ian ushered Shelby into the hall where all the other guests were seated. Shelby had let Suzie fully supervise all the arrangements for the accession, and this was the first time that she was seeing the full-done hall.
She did not have the expertise on this but trusted that, with Suzie's training, she could get it done, and Suzie did not disappoint.
The grand hall, as Shelby had come to call it, was just adjacent to the receiving hall but had a different entrance, and this hall was only used for such occasions as and when it was needed.
The large room of the estate was transformed for the night, adorned in warm, timeless elegance that perfectly matched the surrounding hacienda-style architecture of the estate.
