Chapter 45

Evaline stomped into her office after being forced out of the board room early that morning. Throwing a coffee cup at the door, she almost clipped a man’s head who had followed her as he peeked his head in.

“Mrs. Contsantine, may I come in?” asked a short, hefty man as he stepped inside.

“What do you want, Alvin?”

“I’m sorry about the board members. I don’t know what’s gotten into them. I thought I had them convinced that Hunter wasn't ready to take over fully.”

Flopping down in her chair, she glared up at him, waving him to sit. “I’ll need to call my partner about this. I can't believe they are going to go along with Hunter’s project as a test of his leadership competence, and then throw me out like trash. How could they?”

“Well, you’re not exactly officially on the board yet, Evaline. You’re just an acting voice for Hunter’s father, and with him dead, Hunter holds majority shares.”

Tapping her nails on her desk, she thought for a moment. “Yes, but you could have stood up for me in t