Chapter 24 The Ruby

Confident I step into the meeting and take my seat next to Aziel. "Where were you all evening?", he hisses in my ear as I put out my documents. "I knocked on your room door, you weren't there either. Did you run off with that blond guy? Danner won't like that." I give him a warning look. "Today it s up or down. We have to get the contract through today, come what may. Concentrate on that. We'll talk about the rest later during our victory drink!". With a gooey smile, I look across the table as Aziel opens the meeting. My hand with the ruby demonstratively travels to my lips, visible to everyone in the room. And just as I imagined, my beauties next to the eye-catching ring are attracting everyone's attention. All eyes are on me, even Mr. Cheng's is stunned at what he sees. "Get out the original contract," I whisper to Aziel. He looks at me startled as if I've gone mad. "Do as I say," I insist urgently. I clear my throat t