The Stand-In Wife and His Only Obsession novel · Chapter 22 of 32
Chapter 22: The Board
Lucas turned off the TV.
He set the remote down on the nightstand, squared to the edge.
"He's been practicing that face for twenty years," he said.
【The FAKE CRYING. With the glasses off. I want to fight him.】
By noon the board of Thackeray Holdings had called an emergency meeting for four that afternoon.
One motion.
That Lucas Thackeray step down as chief executive, pending the police investigation into the attempted murder of his wife.
"His wife is standing right here," I said, when Lucas read me the email.
"His wife isn't on the board."
"Then his wife's going as his date."
Thackeray Holdings had the top six floors of a glass tower on Park and Fifty-Second.
Somebody shouted "Mrs. Thackeray, are you afraid of your husband?" as we walked in.
I turned around.
"Only of his cooking," I said.
Half the reporters laughed before they could stop themselves.
【She did NOT. On New Year's Day. In front of the Post.】
Eight Thackerays, cousins and uncles in good suits, none of whom looked at Lucas.
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