Unapologetic Indulgence

After the woman had stalked off in a huff, Alaric took a glass of champagne for Cora and remarked, “You were still too impulsive. You'll fail in business if you can't remain calm. Didn't Gideon teach you that?”

Snatching the champagne from him, Cora retorted with a harrumph, “I was just irritated by her hoity-toity attitude.”

On second thought, regret crept into her. “I seem to have gone a bit ove