A Ruler in Disguise novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: Marguerite's Last Card
The tea was hot, but not hot enough to burn.
It ran down my face and my neck and soaked the front of my good blouse.
Dev had half turned toward his mother with something dark in his shoulders.
"No," I said.
He stopped.
I wiped my eyes with the heel of my hand.
Then I looked down the table at seven directors.
They were all staring at the same thing, a woman in charcoal wool holding an empty cup.
"Gentlemen," I said, "and ma'am.
"You just saw the chair of this company throw a hot drink at a guest in your boardroom.
"I'd write that down."
The woman in green had already pulled out a pen.
The old director pressed a button on the table.
Two guards came in, and they looked at Dev first, which was a mistake.
"Mrs. Harlow," the old director said gently. "Please go with these men."
Marguerite put the cup down.
She did it carefully, so it would not chip.
"I will go," she said. "But I will go out the front, Devin, and you will walk with me."
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