her. “Despite what you led them to believe.”
A flush crept up her neck.
“I never said they were paying. They just assumed, and it was easier to let them think that—”
“That I couldn’t afford to give my daughter a proper wedding,” I supplied. “That you were graciously including your embarrassing mother, despite the financial burden it placed on you and Blake’s family.”
The direct hit landed. Amber’s flush deepened.
“It wasn’t like that.”
“It was exactly like that, Amber.”
I pulled out a specific document—an email from Victoria
