Three freaking weeks!
The number still echoes in my skull like a countdown I never agreed to... But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in this family, it’s how to perform. So I smile... Forcing my facial muscles into an expression that I hope looks like overjoyed shock rather than the sheer, paralyzing terror currently flooding my veins.
"Three weeks!" I gasp, my voice hitching in a way that—thankfully—Martha takes for breathless excitement. "Oh my god... that’s... that’s so soon! I can’t believe it!"
The words taste like ashes in my mouth.
"I know, darling, I know!" Martha gushes, squeezing my hands so hard her diamond rings leave small indentations in my skin. "It’s a whirlwind, isn't it? But with the merger looming and breathing down our necks, Lilian and I agreed that we simply coul
