Marrying My Ex's Boss novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: Pricing
Joyce read from the binder without once raising her voice.
At the far end of the table, Colin Bierbaum stopped writing.
"The folder called Heron was copied, four point one gigabytes, to an external device."
"The workbook on the screen still carries the author field of the person who built it. The author field says C. Adair."
She turned the binder around and held it up for the directors to see.
"It does not say Bierbaum, Mr. Bierbaum. You didn't think to change it."
Colin's laugh came out cracked.
"Joyce is fifty-eight, and she keeps a diary of passwords," he said. "This is a vendetta between two women and a spreadsheet."
"Honoria," said the director from the window, quietly.
Honoria sat motionless, with her hand on the cane and her eyes on the single line of type on the screen.
"Madam chair," I said, "there is a second matter, and I'd like a colleague to present it."
I looked at the door.
It opened a few inches, and Tatum came in.
She wore the pale pink blazer, buttoned wrong, and her ear cuffs were shaking.
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