Chapter 96The voting will be held tomorrow, but that night, it felt like the whole world lay on Miguel's shoulders. He sat in his apartment staring out into the city lights, his mind was very far away from the view.Ximena had somehow managed to present her case to the board, yet the decision was still too close to call.Richard didn't lay low while the media into Ximena's family had been nonstop. He leaned back into the couch; his head replayed the scene which had played itself out earlier in the boardroom that day. Ximena had been firm, composed, and presented the facts with great restraint.But that smile of Richard's - the subtle confidence, it all gnawed at Miguel. The man did have something up his sleeve, something that nobody could see.His phone buzzed on the coffee table, and Miguel looked down to find a message from Ximena."Can we talk?"A beat longer, he was silent. That still smarted, the memory of her storming out of the office, incensed after catching him with Tania.
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