She Called Me Another Mouth to Feed—Then Discovered My Family Owned the Company Her Husband Was Begging to Save
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Chapter 9: The Gala of Broken Promises
Maya almost declined the invitation.
She had no interest in standing beneath another chandelier while Diane Whitmore smiled at donors and pretended that Thanksgiving had never happened.
But the foundation supported a literacy program that Maya's publishing company had funded for years. Hundreds of children depended on the program for books, tutoring, and access to local libraries.
Maya wasn't going to abandon them because of one family's behavior.
She accepted.
On the evening of the gala, she arrived wearing a simple black evening gown and the diamond necklace she had left in its velvet box on Thanksgiving morning.
Not to prove anything.
May you like
Because she liked it.
The ballroom glittered with crystal lights
