Finding Holly (Almost a Billionaire Series Book 5) by Bridget E. Baker

Author:Bridget E. Baker [Baker, Bridget E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Purple Puppy Publishing
Published: 2019-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

12

James

I leave before Paisley wakes up the next morning. I’ve never stayed in an actual palace before, and I wish I could stick around to enjoy it. But I have to catch my flight, and if I stay longer, I’ll just come up with another reason to delay. This fake boyfriend thing was fun at first, but now it’s starting to hurt. I avoid everything that could hurt. I learned that at an early age.

Besides, I can’t help Paisley with what comes next. She has to talk to her friends herself. If she needs to talk to me, she knows she can call. I told her that. Which is why, when my fingers itch to text her before the plane takes off, I don’t. I turn my phone off instead.

I need to get my head back in the game. I review the emails from Cooper and Anastasia and Thornton the entire flight, and I calculate figures in my head. If all goes according to projections, I’ll still be thirty million shy of grandfather’s required hundred million by Christmas. And nothing ever really goes according to projections. I need to be closer, much closer. I’d prefer to have a margin of error, actually. A buffer so that if anything tanks, I still clear the bar.

I click on the latest email from Cooper.

Boss—

You’re not going to believe this. Check out the data on this gem I found. For your new goals, it’s PERFECT. All we need to do is pull a Reddit until this takes off, and it will triple. If you leverage a few of your connections to get this moving on social media. . . Especially your girlfriend—with all the media hype, this could be huge.

Cooper

I scan the financials, which are abysmal, and I realize he’s right. We could pick this company up for a song. The idea is solid, the foundation is there, but it needs a media frenzy to really take off.

Unfortunately, even with horrible financials, infrastructure has value. It will cost at least twenty-million to buy it… and since I’ve been holding on to every promising company and attempting to grow them, I’m strapped for extra capital right now. But I’m fairly sure I can parlay this twenty million investment into fifty by Christmas, which makes it the perfect solution.

But the only way I could buy this is to sell off Berg Telecom. I close my eyes. Even if Paisley gets Paul on board, I doubt we can secure contracts that would be worth what I need. I should cut my losses on this deal, and I would, if it wasn’t for Paisley.

Gah. This is exactly why I never have girlfriends. Or any friends at all, really.

It’s bad business.

When I land, I turn my phone back on to call Cooper. He should be at work already, at eight-fifteen a.m. on a Thursday. I could take a nap, but I’d rather catch up on the pile I know is waiting at the office. Before I can call him, my phone rings.

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