Once an Heiress (Gilded Promises) by Renee Ryan

Author:Renee Ryan [Ryan, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542046350
Publisher: Waterfall Press
Published: 2017-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Fitz was a man who rarely confronted defeat. He set a goal and strategized the best plan of attack. He then destroyed every obstacle until success was his. It was a good way to go through life, safe and effective.

Just shy of a week after his arrival in New York, Fitz was in a state of complete frustration. He hadn’t accomplished a single goal he’d set for himself. He’d yet to find a cure for his father’s condition, though he’d spoken to three more specialists. And three of the five investments he’d been considering had proven unworthy of his time.

Most disturbing of all, he had no idea what to do about Gigi. He should have known better than to come for her himself. But now that he was here, he would not—could not—leave without her. Gigi deserved a chance to make amends with her family, and Fitz would see that she got it. It didn’t matter that she was proving difficult. He’d endured tougher barriers than her stubborn resistance.

Fitz was a man who dealt in facts. Thus, as he exited the Waldorf-Astoria and turned toward the Harvard Club, he faced them.

He’d nearly kissed Gigi.

She’d nearly kissed him back.

A freezing rain, razor-thin and sharp as needles, sliced through the air. Frigid water dripped off the bill of his hat and occasionally slipped under his collar. It was a miserable day, matched only by Fitz’s dismal mood. He was feeling helpless.

He hated feeling helpless.

He moved quickly through the driving rain and focused on what he could control: his upcoming meeting with Lucian Griffin, an old school chum from his days at Harvard.

Luke’s automobile company was a young business, barely operational, but Fitz had done his research. The potential for expansion and large profits was there. Within the hour, Fitz would know if he wanted to make an offer for part of the company.

Ice crunched beneath his feet as he rounded the street corner. The Harvard Club loomed one block ahead on his right. A sense of homesickness filled him, as if he’d been dropped into a slice of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the middle of New York City.

People hurried past him, rushing about their business, their breaths pluming in frozen puffs around their heads. Horses whinnied, dogs barked, a motorcar coughed and spit to life.

Drawing in a long pull of air, Fitz breathed in the scent of rain mixed with ice and snow. The cold, wet, dreary weather sparked a renewed sense of urgency. He wanted to make this deal, not only for the company but also for his father. The more solvent the firm became, the less likely word of the bad investments would get out.

Fitz would like to think he and his cousin could keep his father’s medical condition a secret indefinitely. But the truth always had a way of coming out.

The truth shall set you free.

Not in Fitz’s experience.

He stopped in front of the club. Some of the most powerful businessmen in the country had attended Harvard, men who were building America and turning her great.

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