He Chose His Ex, So I Chose My Empire novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: Partners
The papers were still warm from his lap.
I turned to the last page.
His signature sat on the line in heavy blue ink.
The line under it was empty.
That one was mine.
Sabrina's gold pen lay on the lectern beside her speech.
I reached past her and picked it up.
"May I?" I said.
I didn't wait for her answer.
I laid the settlement flat on top of her speech, right over the word "legacy," and signed my name.
Laurel Dempsey.
I capped the pen and handed it back to her.
"Thank you," I said. "It writes beautifully."
I folded the papers once and put them inside my blazer, next to the brass key.
Hugh was standing two steps away on the green carpet, very still, with the wind in his hair.
"So that's done," I said.
"That's done."
"Then whatever you do after today, you don't get to say you did it for your wife."
Something moved behind his eyes.
"I know," he said.
Behind me, a white chair scraped on the carpet.
The woman in the grey suit was standing up.
She buttoned her coat with great care.
"There'll be no shovels today," she said, to the board and to the cameras at once. "This groundbreaking is postponed."
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