Lara:
"He didn't tell you?" she asked again.
I steadily and gently pretended to slap my forehead.
"I must have forgotten. Yeah, that has to be it. They're really doing a great job," I slid in a compliment, smiling through my clenched teeth.
I tried to sound neutral, not angry, not embarrassed, because I didn't want people like them watching me lose my composure over someone who had already been rejected by her husband for me.
"I'm sure they are. They're both very capable people," Lady Clarissa said, praising her daughter. I had to nod like I agreed, even when I didn't.
Iris was nothing. She always got her work done by others.
Previously, she had Kash taking care of her and now her mother handed her the company on a silver platter.
"So then, I'll just leave," I said, putting down the glass of wine.
"How are things between you and Kash?" Her casual question, about her ex-son-in-law, made me sit down again.
