Marrying My Ex's Boss novel · Chapter 19 of 24

Chapter 19: Friday, Again

I wore what I always wear: the gray thrifted blazer with the sleeves pushed up, and my white sneakers.

Colin had told me to wear something nice, and I decided that was the last thing he would ever tell me.

The boardroom on fifteen was fuller than it had been for the hearing.

Eight directors sat at the long table, and Honoria sat at its center, with her cane laid out.

Along the wall by the windows sat the guests, in a neat row of good suits.

I saw the friend with the daughter, in cream wool, with her pearls and her reading glasses.

Beside her sat a man of about forty with a smooth, comfortable face, and a leather folder with ENGVALL stamped in gold.

Past them a photographer from the Business Times knelt by the door, checking a lens.

"Photo for the announcement," a woman in a headset told Joyce, who was standing by the credenza with her binder.

"I'm sure it'll be lovely," said Joyce.

Truman sat in the very last chair of the back row, against the wall.

He wore a charcoal suit, and he had his hands flat on his knees.

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