And then I did the one thing neither of them had prepared for.

“No,” I said.

My voice was quiet, but it was perfectly clear, and it did not shake.

“I think I’ll stay for the announcement.”

Damian’s smile tightened at the corners.

Camilla’s head tilted, the earrings flashing.

“The announcement is for executives,” my husband said.

“Not for decorative wives.