The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 199

I took a seat at the table, Spinning lazily in my chair as the meeting began.

“Ellie,” Dominic said, shooting me a look, “would you mind taking notes?”

“Certainly, Master.” I grinned and grabbed a notebook.and a pen. Dominic stared at me, as did everyone else in the room.

“Master?” someone repeated. I just winked at them and began to scribble in my notebook.

Dominic sighed and shook his head, turning to the projector. “Let’s begin, Last time you were all here, we discussed matters concerning the damaged roadway in the north, which inhibited import of fine metals until it was cleared…”

Pop.

Everyone looked at me. I snapped my gum back into my mouth.

Dominic’s eyes narrowed, but he kept talking.

“Recently, there was another road closure up that way, so I’m proposing that we permanently shift our routes, avoiding that stretch altogether…”

Popopop.

Dominic whipped his head toward me. “Ellie, is the gum necessary?”

“I mean, I forgot to brush my teeth, so yeah…”

A couple of chuckles rippled through the room. Dominic already looked like he was trying to decide whether to throttle me or not, which was exactly what I was hoping for.

However, I didn’t expect him to turn to me and say, “Actually, Ellie, why don’t you lead the presentation?”

I stiffened. That took me by surprise. I’d hoped he would just kick me out before I embarrassed him further, just like dinner last night. But the way he was looking at me indicated that he knew exactly what I was up to, and he wasn’t going to let me get off that easily.

Well, two could play at this game.

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“Sure!” I said, popping up from my seat. I sauntered over to the projector and clicked to the next slide. “Hm

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