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“None of your so-called evidence would stand up in court” Preston loosened his tie and shifted in his seat “A phone is a private device, and you certainly didn’t have my permission to hack mine”
Anne gasped “You aren’t denying what they found on it? Just questioning their right to go looking for it?”
“And you’re wrong anyway,” Rachel said “Everyone signed a disclosure agreeo that allows the co as they were in the building at the time and were used for work We all know you make work calls on your phone; we’ve watched you Which hts to crack open your phone and peer inside”
“TayFor,” Charles snapped “Not Benson Security Not hi here None” He sneered at Rachel “No one can stop you fro a foolish decision about whoe him in a position of trust I mean, what do we know about this ht be planting clues to dismantle the board and install himself He’s probably after Rachel’s er”
“Charles!” Francesca shot to her feet “I will not tolerate you speaking to Rachel like that”
“Of course you wouldn’t” Charles gave her a look of disgust “You made the same mistake with your choice of husbands My father and his brothers started this company It should have remained with them It should still be called Talbot Pharer Ford didn’t start this business, he just wor”
Boy? Hell no Harvard lost all sense of amusement “You callThrough thatThis isn’t some plantation, and you sure as hell aren’t my white overlord I’, because I would seriously love to make you stop”
Charles’ normally ruddy face paled as he shrank in on himself His bluster disappeared as he obviously read correctly that Harvard wasn’t joking
“Everybody, calm down,” Jonathan ordered “The police will be here soon, and they’ll get to the bottom of this”
“This what? This preposterous lie against Preston?” Theo snapped “You’ve ain becauselike this Tell the” He appealed to Rachel, “Why on earth would my son steal from the company? This makes no sense”
Preston barked out aon hi worse just by being here Can’t you tell when you aren’t wanted? None of us…” He waved a hand to indicate his mother, stepmother, and brother “None of us wants you You’re an embarrassment to us all and have been for years”
Theo’s jaw dropped before he gathered hi It’s shock fro so heinously accused Don’t worry, son, I’ll look out for you”
“You’ll look out for hed hard
It was cold and filled with bitter anger Harvard had heard that laughter before and knew it only manifested in people ere broken His eyes scanned the roonaled to his team not to interrupt, but to stay quiet and watch
“You’ll look out for me?” Preston soared to his feet and leaned over the table toward his father “The way you looked out for us when you walked out on our mother? The way you’ve walked out on every family you’ve had since then, so you could follow your dick all over London? Please, you can’t even look out for yourself, let alone anyone else” He sla several people jump