Billionaire's Match novel · Chapter 10 of 24

Chapter 10: Shareholders

The investor dinner was held in the ballroom of the Meridian Hotel, under chandeliers Brittany had once helped choose.

Bevan Systems had paid for the flowers, the string quartet and the long white tables.

She had signed off on the guest list herself, three weeks ago, as Dalton's wife.

Now she walked in on Elliot's arm in a dark green dress, and the quartet missed a note.

Heads turned all the way down the room.

"Smile at the second line," Elliot said under his breath.

"There's no card tonight."

"There's always a card."

The host table sat at the far end under the biggest chandelier.

Dalton rose from the center chair when he saw them.

Celia sat three seats down in her teal dress, with a glass of water and her face arranged in sorrow.

She lifted her hand to Brittany in a small, brave wave.

Brittany did not wave back.

The room's chairman was an old man with white eyebrows who ran the largest fund on the list.

He greeted Elliot with both hands. Then he turned to Brittany with a puzzled frown.

"Miss Faulkner. I know the name from the prospectus."

"I'm sure you do," Brittany said.

She opened the clutch on her arm and took out the folder she had carried from the villa.

It held four pages, each stamped, each signed in her own hand on the day she had trusted him.

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