DON'T BEG ME NOW, MR. ARMSTRONG
"Five years ago, even though we hadn't noticed, this person disappeared from the public eye. But not to hide, to prepare, to build. To conquer. Tonight, that person is back and has graced us with her presence."
I briefly looked over to my ex-husband, not willing to miss the moment he pieced everything together.
It didn't take him long, if the way his face paled had anything to say about it.
Gilbert faced me again. "Please, help me welcome, Joan. Or if I may, the name Chicago's elites have taken to calling her," he paused, his smile lifting higher, "the Ice Queen."
The room went so silent, if a pin had dropped at that moment, everyone could've heard it.
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