Theirs: (A Contemporary Why Choose Romance) (The Veronia Collection) by Serena Akeroyd

Author:Serena Akeroyd [Akeroyd, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serena Akeroyd Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00

“Look, I know you don’t like me. You don’t have to like me to realize that my statistics are right. My conclusions are right. And my forecasting is right.”

Xavier hid a smile. Perry’s arrogance might have irritated the ruling council of Veronia’s Environmental Agency, but the truth was, her words were fact.

He’d looked over her speech, over the presentation she was giving today, and had to concur with her facts, findings, and forecasting.

For whatever reason, the ecological crisis that was affecting Veronia and Veronia alone?

It didn’t exist.

Xavier was still scratching his head over it. But Perry’s findings were concrete, and there was no denying that what she was saying was the truth.

The dams were at fault. The infrastructure was at fault. Every experiment she’d run, every fact-finding mission she’d been on, and every interview with key personnel onsite at the dams confirmed it.

The dams were old. Crumbling. There were many issues with them. However, something else was exacerbating the issue.

“Your reputation precedes you, Dr Taylor. However, you must understand that we require a national to go through the evidence you have uncovered.”

“I’m marrying your crown prince,” Perry said on a huff. “I guess I’m not a national yet, but surely you can see that my future here is as on the line as yours is.

“I don’t understand what the problem is,” she continued, glowering at the vice president of the EA who’d countered her arguments. “Everything I uncovered is good news. Manmade problems can be resolved. Naturally occurring problems? Yeah, not so much.”

“We appreciate the time and energy you spent on researching this issue for us—”

Perry held up a hand. “You paid me. Fair and square. And I’m telling you, you might want to believe that this issue is environmental, but that’s nonsense. You’re pulling the wool over your eyes, and causing untold damage, by perpetuating this belief.”

The vice president narrowed his eyes. “As I was saying, we appreciate your input, and now have other means of investigation we need to put into practice.”

“What does that even mean?” she snapped, slamming her hand on the table in front of her.

Xavier’s heart sped up at the sight of her all fired up and practically vibrating with energy.

She was a pocket rocket in the staid meeting room.

Around a black ash round table, in a white room that screamed administrative block, and surrounded by a bunch of no-hope bureaucrats with no real interest in their posts save for the fact they’d been put into their positions by the current government… Perry was the only one truly impassioned by what she was discussing.

In her neatly tailored, cream silk suit—another one of George’s investments, if the length of the skirt was anything to go by—she looked bright and vivacious. Her shirt was bronzy, and it offset the dark locks that bounced on her shoulders as she throbbed with each passionate word she uttered.

He watched her stand there at the head of the table, her hands out, her body language imploring and… “Enough.”

He had to speak.

The words wouldn’t stay contained.

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