Silenced in the Spotlight

Cora's POV

My throat tightened.

He did it again.

He cut me off again.

I pulled my hand away from his.

His eyes shifted to mine, confused.

Why wouldn't he let me speak? Did he think I couldn't answer? That I'd embarrass him? That my state school education would somehow reflect poorly on him?

The warmth in my chest from earlier turned cold.

I didn't go to HEC Paris. I didn't go to Harvard or Yale or