CHAPTER 19 HIDE AND SEEK

Minerva's Pov As the meeting began, I sat in my usual position beside my father, settling into my immaculate posture—a posture I usually take whenever I'm conducting a meeting—and decided to speak a few words, except that today was not that day. Dad had told me last night that he wanted me to play the ideal girl today, and the sober look on his face the previous night left me with no choice. Taking a mental stance that I would not allow Dominic's actions today to provoke me, I avoided glancing in his direction as if he were a shadowy presence. He was currently speaking, and I didn't want to glance at him before I had a thousand questions to ask him. Upon opening the notebook application on my tablet, I accessed my preferred social media app. I immersed myself in the stories by swiping through in the background, but I needed to focus more to avoid becoming lost. Today's summit was my worst summit experience, but I had to do it for my dad. Demanding more questions and none follow