Chapter 56 The First Strike

• The boardroom was a battlefield before the meeting even began.
• Sandra could feel it the undercurrent of suspicion, the sharp glances cast her way as she and Steve entered side by side. Some of the directors offered polite nods, others avoided their eyes altogether, but the message was the same: They’d been drinking Draven’s poison.
• Steve didn’t flinch. He walked to the head of the table with the kind of confidence that turned doubt into silence. Sandra followed, her posture tall, her presence deliberate. She wasn’t just his wife. She was his partner.