Taming Her Billionaire by Yahrah St. John

Author:Yahrah St. John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Maximus returned to his office after his epic fail of a board meeting and found Griffin waiting in his office. He frowned. “What are you doing here, Griff?” He tossed the folder with his proposals on the desk. He might as well burn it for what good it had done him today. He’d known Lucius would vote against him, but he’d been hoping against hope that he was wrong about Tahlia and that she’d pull through for him. For once, he needed someone to be on his side. But yet again, he’d been wrong. Why did everything have to be so hard?

“I thought you might need to see a friendly face,” Griffin said. “When you texted me yesterday that today was the big vote, I wasn’t sure how it would go for you.”

“Well, it didn’t.” Maximus stalked to his desk. He reached inside his drawer and pulled out the bottle of bourbon he kept for special occasions to toast a good deal with the executives. But today was different. He needed it to take the edge off. He produced two small glasses. “Care to join me?”

“If it’ll make you feel any better, then sure, I’ll have one.” Griffin regarded him from the sofa, where he was perched.

Maximus poured two generous glasses and then walked over to hand one to Griffin. “Bottoms up.” He didn’t wait for Griffin and instead chugged the amber liquid back in one gulp.

“Take it easy, Max,” Griffin said. “I know things didn’t go your way today, but that doesn’t mean it’s over.”

“Doesn’t it?” Max’s brown eyes stared at him. “It’s over, Griffin. I’m tired of beating my head against a post and going nowhere. Maybe Lucius—” he pointed to the door, glass still in hand “—and Tahlia should see what it’s like when there’s no one at the helm. Let’s see how they fare without me. I’m going on an extended vacation.”

“To punish them for voting against you?” Griffin inquired. “Won’t this hurt you in the process? You’re a major shareholder, too, Max. Think about what you’re saying.”

“I don’t care,” Maximus replied, walking over to the bottle of bourbon and pouring himself another glass. He gulped down the second drink. “Damn my father for putting me in this position.”

“There’s nothing you could have done.”

“Clearly, I didn’t do a good job seducing Tahlia,” Maximus said bitterly. “I should have never gotten involved with her when she was just a means to an unfruitful end. Our entire relationship was a complete and utter waste of time.”

“Don’t say that, Maximus, because I know that’s not true.” Griffin put down his glass and stood. “I’ve seen how you’ve changed since you’ve been with Tahlia. You’re more relaxed and carefree. Lighter even. She’s been a good influence on you.”

“I don’t want to talk to her right now.”

“Why not? Why can’t you say how you feel about her?” Griffin inquired.

“Because she betrayed me today,” Maximus hissed through clenched teeth. “She could have been on my side, but instead she sided with him.

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