Sweetheart (The Morgans of New York Book 3) by Deborah Bladon

Author:Deborah Bladon [Bladon, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deborah Bladon
Published: 2023-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Jameson

“What did Monique want?”

That question awaits me as soon as I walk into my office to find my brother sitting behind my desk.

“Leave,” I shoot that one word at him with a grimace.

He ignores that order, opting to make himself even more comfortable by leaning back in my leather office chair. “What did she want?”

I approach my desk. “That’s none of your fucking business, Holden.”

He chuckles. “You’re wrong. If you two were discussing Carden or Denia, it’s my business.”

Irritated that I’m still staring at his face, I sigh. “How so?”

“We are co-CEOs of this enterprise,” he reminds me with a “you’re-a-goddamn-idiot’ look on his face. “And, in case you’ve forgotten, Denia is our grandmother.”

“Was,” I whisper. “She was our grandmother.”

“Right.” He adjusts his tie to make it even more perfect than it was.

My brother was approached to be a model for an up-and-coming clothing brand years ago. Back then, we were close enough that he’d confide that kind of shit in me. We laughed it off, but he reminded me for at least a year that he was the better looking one.

That may be true, but I can hold my own in every sense against him.

“Why are you here, Holden?”

That gets him off his ass and onto his feet. He buttons his suit jacket. “Boston.”

This conversation feels like pulling teeth. Inch-by-inch, I’ll get information out of him, but I want the whole picture now. “Good talk. Leave.”

He laughs that off. “You’re going to Boston tonight.”

I join in the laughter. “There’s no way in hell I am.”

I have plans to stare at Sinclair while we sort through Denia’s stuff. They may not be earth-shaking plans, but next to her in the penthouse is the only place I want to be.

“Our new location is set to open on Monday,” he tells me something I already know. “The manager bailed this morning, so you need to go there and find someone to replace him. Until you do that, you’re taking on that role.”

“You do it,” I spit back without giving it enough thought.

“I can’t.” He steps toward me. “I’ve got a full plate. I’m meeting with accounting this afternoon, and marketing is pitching to me tomorrow. Since we’re still interested in buying out Montgomery, I need to deal with that over the weekend. The old man is flying here to discuss terms.”

“Burton Montgomery is flying to New York to meet with you?” I ask, trying to suppress the surprise in my tone.

He nods. “The meeting was set in stone two months ago. He’s supposed to be meeting Grandmother. I expected him to cancel since…well, you know, but he’s committed to following through with it.”

Montgomery Candy is one of the companies that Denia had her eye on for years. She wanted to buy out the west coast based confectionary as part of my grandfather’s long term plan. That included purchasing a dozen other companies spanning the globe. Carrick’s vision was to grow Carden to be the crown jewel of candy companies. He died before he could make it a reality.

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