Chapter 7
I poked uncomfortably at the fish dinner on my plate, not even hungry anymore as I sat down at dinner.
I didn’t realize that when Damon meant dinner, he meant with the Steyns. I wished his grandparents were here. They’d always been kind to me.
But instead, we were joined by the three most boring old, balding political men I’ve ever met, Damon’s father, and of course, Ashton and Corinna.
Even the normally cool-headed Damon was irritated. I tried my best to keep a stoic expression on my face. They didn’t deserve to see my emotions.
“Absolutely ridiculous, this new tax reform needs to be halted in its tracks,” one of the men with a patchy beard said firmly.
“I
agree. The tax exemptions have always kept good companies like ours out of the hot water but they want to steal our money? Raise taxes on the middle class for goodness sake! They don’t need money, anyway,” another who was clearly wearing a wig said.
“I completely agree, sirs,” Corinna giggled to the men’s delight. They preened under her gaze. “Good men like you definitely deserve more recognition for your contributions.” She smiled at them all, making them feel important.
I tried not to roll my eyes and looked at Damon instead. He wore the same displeased expression as he had when he arrived.
“Oh-ho!” the man with the patchy beard grinned, “You’ve got such a delightful daughter-in-law on your hands, Dalton. I wish I could steal her away from your son.”
“I’m afraid she belongs all to me, sirs,” Ashton said charmingly, wrapping an arm around Corinna. Dalton, however, sipped his wine without saying a word.
I sent the men fawning over Corinna a nasty look which went ignored, but Damon’s smile was harder to ignore.
“Tax exemptions are meant for good, hardworking people who keep the economy stable, not hoarders with a government permit,” Damon smiled, though his eyes didn’t. I was shocked to hear him speak up; normally, he was so withdrawn from conflict.
“I beg your pardon?” the man with a curly mustache said with a frown.
“Then beg.” Damon chuckled.
Damon raised his glass to his father’s political friends gracefully, and I almost wanted to applaud him if I didn’t remember that he belonged to a family of ‘hoarders with a government permit
“Damon!” Dalton scolded sharply. He turned to them with an apologetic look. “I apologize for the rudeness of my son.”
“My brother is simply not as… educated on these matters.” Ashton smiled at the men, sending a mocking look to Damon. Damon’s smile of disdain in response knocked the preening from Ashton’s
face.
battle of wits we’d
to dress without the maid’s assistance,
was looking at a particularly juicy piece of
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the head, but Damon
Damon said as he placed more of the vegetables onto my plate. I
knew I hated
peppers.
tilted upward in response, but he didn’t glance at anyone else, simply ignoring them coldly like he couldn’t be bothered. I playfully nudged his arm with my elbow and responded, “No, thanks, honey. I
glare. I met it cooly and
in the future?” the bald man asked Corinna and Ashton,
me whiplash. She gripped Ashton’s arm. looking up at
we’re trying for a
luck on my part that I’d taken a sip of my water at the same time. I choked as it hit the back of my throat and pressed my napkin to my throat as I coughed in
looking just as shell-shocked as I was.
looked concerned on the surface but I could see the delight in her eyes as she pretended to be sympathetic, “I know it
mouth sounded all wrong, like someone trying to gurgle shards
just seems so sudden,” I laughed awkwardly. “You’re not even married
Corinna is a model. A child, how could it be? Let
of our own.” Corinna giggled, as Ashton wrapped his arm
Cori,” Ashton smiled like a man truly in love. He was able to fake that well, I thought. The
glass of wine, “To Corinna
their glasses,
side glance to Damon who gazed
What were we to do
were going to take everything.
tires crawling across the pavement and wind flying by us as we drove.
earth we were going to do. If they had a baby before we did, they’d gain control over an inheritance they didn’t deserve. They’d squander it so quickly and
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she’d make a good mother. Not only would it ruin her career, and at least momentarily, her
return.
visit, he puked all over her dress, and she’d
massive fit.
a mother?
mention Ashton.
inheritance. I needed the bringing a child into this world because of that? I didn’t know that I could
money, but
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