Chapter 10
Morgana’s POV:
I could feel everyone’s eyes burning into my skin, waiting, wondering how I’d react. But I wasn’t going to give her the satisfaction—not yet.
Before I could clap back, her voice rang out again. “But isn’t it strange?” She asked. “That you sold off your ex-husband’s empire?”
Someone cleared their throat, and chairs shifted slightly.
Strange?
What was strange was how deeply invested she seemed to be in something that had nothing to do with her.
I glanced at her—well-dressed, with heavy pearls sitting proudly at her throat. She looked like the type of woman who lived for charity luncheons, gossip cloaked as “concern,” and scandal disguised as curiosity.
I bit down on my inner cheek, trying to steady my breathing.BInstead, I turned to Xavier.
His gaze was al
