Second Choice Wife novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Eleanor Speaks
The Garrison boardroom on the fortieth floor had a table for twenty and a view of the whole of Columbus.
Eleanor's cousin sat at the head of it with a folder in front of him and a smile on his face.
He was sixty-two, round and pink, with a gold pen he kept clicking.
He had been waiting thirty years for someone in the family to stumble.
Heath and I took the two seats at the foot of the table.
Twelve directors sat between us and the cousin.
"We all know why we're here," the cousin said, clicking. "A paper marriage. A purchased wife. A will that asks for a marriage and a CEO who gave us a contract."
"I move that the condition in Richard Garrison's will was not met, and that Heath's voting shares revert to the trust."
"Is there a second?"
Two hands rose.
A third followed, slower.
My stomach turned.
The door at the back opened.
Eleanor came in alone, in a black suit and pearls, with her silver hair freshly set and her handbag on her arm.
Every director stood.
She walked up the length of the table without looking at anyone.
She stopped at the cousin's chair.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Second Choice Wife are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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