Grace
Shit. I hadn’t expected him to ask that. His expression was cool and unaffected. It felt like he already knew the answer, yet he was still waiting for me to answer. Why? Was this a test too? Some sort of power game? I swear, the stress of dealing with this man was going to be the death of me, I was sure. I cleared my throat and answered the call to stall for time, but I hit the speaker button before I could lift the phone off the cradle.
“Ma’am? The board is convening soon. They want to know if you’ll be coming to the meeting.”
I frowned. Was that normal? I didn’t think I had to. Besides, I needed to check on the transfer from Charles and start working on paying the bills as quickly as possible. The contract was done, so the transfer should make it to my account by the end of the
