Swept Away by My Janitor Husband novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: In Front of Everyone
"This is an outrage," Colin's father said.
His voice carried across the ballroom, trained and heavy, and for a second the room wavered.
"A private conversation, taken without consent, by a woman with a grudge. My son has been framed by the CEO's wife."
"Mr. Fawcett," I said into the microphone. "Everyone heard the hallway clock too."
He turned to look at the screen, where the white numbers still glowed.
His mouth shut.
At table three, Brooke pushed her chair back.
Colin grabbed for her arm and said her name.
She walked away from him.
She came down the aisle in her white dress with her chin trembling and her own phone in her fist.
She climbed the stage steps one at a time.
I stepped aside.
Brooke took the microphone with both hands.
"My name is Brooke Tillman," she said.
Six hundred people looked at her.
"One week ago, I stood on a stage at my best friend's engagement party in a white dress and said I was pregnant."
"I am not pregnant. I never was."
A woman near the front gasped.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Swept Away by My Janitor Husband are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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