Chapter 1. Liam Meets the Hot Lisa Lennard

Laurence drove through the gigantic gates of the huge palatial Parker mansion and parked on the tiled courtyard in front of a sprawling white stone building. A sparkling fountain with a marble statue of Apollo adorned the entrance. The main building and adjacent buildings interconnected around a large swimming pool looked grand, like some fairytale palace. Exotic floral decorations and rich textured fabrics adorned the entire place. Penny Lennard stared at everything with awe. It had been her dream to live in such a palace.

The attendants received them warmly and led them to a luxurious banquet hall decorated with flowers and balloons. A wall chosen to serve as the altar was decorated with sheer drapes and lavender floral decorations. The white decorations of the altar table against the lavender flowers made it stand out in contrast. Chairs were placed in front of the altar for the guests. Laurence stopped to take a phone call and Lisa stood by his side. She didn’t want to sit with