Chapter 28

“Outstanding, my dear, but we need you and your team to hurry the proposal. I want the board to look it over by Wednesday morning to be presented to Elon Trust by Friday. Can it be done in this time allowed?”

Shocked that the timetable had been brought up, all she could do was grin and reply.

“Grandfather, I will give it my all.”

“Good, good, by the way, where is your husband? Why isn’t he here? You two not in a lover’s spat now, are you?” George asked, looking at the table with all the available family.

Claire didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. How could you have a lover’s spat if you were never in love in the first place?

“No, grandfather, Blake had some business to attend to. He left to see his family in the country for the weekend.”

“As his wife, you didn’t accompany him to meet his family? How will this look upon us, the Weston family? How can a wife not show filial piety towards her in-laws?” Asked George, who was highly upset over this information.

“Father, rest assured, eve