Chapter 91
Adam smirks, then walks past me, whispering, “Yes. Daddy.”
“I’m serious!” I scream, losing my professionalism, then look back at Gideon.
“Let’s talk to the reporters in the room.
I’ll step in if they ask anything about what I just said.
” Holding a firm, this is not the time to fuck around, eye contact with him I say, “You are excited. This is a personal decision you made without influence from the board.”
“Dani, I know why I’m stepping down.”
I shoot daggers at him. “This is your publicist prepping you. You’re cool, calm, and collected. It’s no sweat that you shared this so casually because there’s no negativity.” G smiles.
I step away once they start talking to call Harris Ventures PR firm.
“Anything I can do?” Declan asks, approaching me.
“You could call a few reporters and say a source close to the matter says the board wasn’t losing confidence in Gideon and was quite shocked that he wanted to step down.”
“I’m not going to lie,” Declan softly says.
Fucker. “Then you could say Gideon is pussy-whipped, and that’s why he’s stepping down.”
“I wouldn’t say it in those words.”
“You can use whatever words you want as long as it gets that across,” I say. He doesn’t respond, but I get the sense he’s on board. “Keep your phone on. I’m going to send reporters your way for an unofficial comment.” He squeezes my shoulder reassuringly, then goes back to mingling with the crowd.