Chapter45: The Matriarch Scheme

Chapter 45: The Matriarch's Scheme SILVIA I set my phone down on the mahogany desk in my study, a satisfied smile could be found present on my face.  That conversation had gone even better than I'd hoped. Sophia had sounded grateful and just vulnerable enough to make her sympathetic without seeming weak to anyone else. Perfect. "That was quite the performance, Silvia." My husband spoke startling me a bit as I hadn't heard him, walk inside the study. I turned to find my husband Samuel who was standing in the doorway, his arms crossed and his expression was furrowed. He has a disapproving look on his face.  How long has he been listening? Long enough, judging by the way he was looking at me and the way he sounded. "I don't know what you mean," I said smoothly, moving to pour myself a brandy from the wine glass that was located on the bar table as I added with a nonchalant shrug of my shoulders.  "I was simply extending an invitation to an old family friend." "An old family friend who jus