A Taste of Tragedy by Kim McMahill

Author:Kim McMahill [McMahill, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
Publisher: Prism Book Group
Published: 2016-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

“What are you doing here, Sofia?” Preston demanded as he walked into his office and saw her sitting in his over-sized leather chair behind his desk.

He knew exactly why she had come, but he wasn’t happy. He suspected J.R. would send someone, but not his special pet. The fact that J.R. felt the need to call upon her did not bode well for his future.

Sofia smiled, stood, and extended her hand. “Candace Rogers, your new Healthy and Delicious Foods division plant manager.”

“I told J.R. I had everything under control,” Preston hissed through clenched teeth.

“Apparently he didn’t agree.”

At the meeting last week in Miami, J.R. was clearly concerned about the way he was handling the situation uncovered by Morgan Hunter. When Preston had learned about Stan’s attempt to get a private analysis of MFHG3, Coterie had taken care of everything, so he wasn’t surprised they were here now. Preston didn’t know the specifics of what happened to Stan or the analyst Stan sent the sample to, but both men were silenced.

Normally Preston was perfectly okay leaving the dirty work to someone else. He didn’t have the stomach for it, but it still was emasculating to have J.R. send a woman in to clean up his mess. When he talked to J.R. yesterday, he could tell that the boss’s confidence in him had slipped even further. Now, damage control was out of his hands.

“And what are you supposed to do?”

“Monitor the situation and trouble-shoot as necessary.”

Preston rubbed his face with his hands, eyes closed, trying to massage away the headache he felt coming on. How could he have known that hiring Morgan would stir up such a mess? He thought the MFHG3 questions were behind him, but she had stumbled onto information left behind by Stan. This was all Stan’s fault, not Morgan’s, but he feared she would have to pay the ultimate price for her accidental discovery.

If the truth about MFHG3 got out, it would destroy the company he had built, and if the company could be tied to Coterie, it might bring the whole consortium down. That’s what really worried Preston. He knew J.R. would stop at nothing to keep his group functioning, even if that meant eliminating a member.

“I suppose there is no point arguing with J.R.’s newest plaything.”

Sofia had to suppress the urge to demonstrate her most deadly martial arts moves on the man. Unfortunately, she could understand how he had drawn that conclusion, and it was partially her fault. She could have done a better job keeping her distance from J.R., but she had been flattered by his attention.

In a moment of weakness, she had broken her number one rule to never mix business with pleasure. She was drawn in by his romantic gestures, and he was the first man confident enough to try to get close to her. She enjoyed the pursuit, but when they parted and she returned to her daily life, she always doubted his feelings. Men in his position seldom knew how to truly love one woman.

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