He Chose His Ex, So I Chose My Empire novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: His Mother's Table
I stood up.
I didn't come around the table to meet them.
This was my floor, and they'd come up my elevator.
"Mrs. Stratton," I said. "Good morning."
Hugh's mother looked around our concrete.
The folding tables. The space heater. The purple sign on the brick.
Her eyes stopped on the grant writer's dog photo and stayed there a second too long.
"So this is it," she said.
"This is it."
"My son's ten million dollars came here."
"The Legacy Initiative's ten million dollars came here," I said. "Your son doesn't have a name on it. He made sure."
Sabrina tightened her hand on the older woman's arm, very gently.
She was in grey today, soft grey cashmere, a daughter-in-law's color.
"Laurel," she said. "Hugh's mother only wants a few minutes. Privately."
"We don't really do private here," Jo said. "There's one door, and it's the toilet."
Hugh's mother didn't look at Jo.
She opened her handbag and took out her phone, and turned the screen toward me.
It was a club's group chat.
Forty-one unread messages, and his name in every preview.
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