Chapter 27
It was the day of the board meeting, I squeezed my hands together, trying to stop them from trembling. No matter how many times Damien had assured me that I was ready, I couldn't silence the voice in the back of my mind.
‘These are the same people who once questioned whether you belonged here.”
The boardroom suddenly felt like the last place I wanted to be. I adjusted my blazer and took a slow breath.
"You'll be fine."
I turned to find Samantha standing beside me with her tablet tucked under one arm. "I don't feel fine."
She smiled knowingly. "Neither does anyone before their first board presentation."
I let out a nervous laugh. "I think this is worse."
"It isn't."
She glanced toward the closed boardroom doors. "The difference is that you've already survived the hardest
