Violent Cravings: A Dark Billionaire Romance by Linnea May

Author:Linnea May [May, Linnea]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-05-06T18:30:00+00:00

~ One year later ~

Chapter 27

Ryan

"Mr. Hawkins, are you with us?"

It's not Lemon's voice that interrupts my daydreaming, but he's the one who nudges me in the side to redirect my mind back to reality. I force my eyes back into the room, meeting some of the many eyes that are glued on me. We're sitting around a giant round table, about a dozen men in suits and one woman, the only one wearing anything other than black or gray, sporting a red blazer instead. Her stare is the most intense, her gaze unforgiving and the folded hands in front of her a clear signal of her attempt at portraying dominance. I'm not surprised. She's no one’s daughter, lover, or wife, but just a woman who fought her way up the corporate ladder in a world that doesn’t welcome her. I've been in this environment long enough to understand her struggle more than she might realize. If she made it to this table that means she must really have it in her, and even though she’s only a subordinate, I have more respect for her than the two young CEOs of the company we’re about to acquire.

But right now, I wish I could just tell her and everyone else in the room to fuck off.

I've been in a bad mood all day, and this fucking meeting is just making it worse. I told Lemon that he shouldn't expect too much out of me today, but of course, that hint went ignored. I shouldn't be surprised. We're about to acquire another company, the biggest acquisition this corporation has ever been involved in. Of course, they need me to be involved in this, to take the lead, to tell them what to fucking do. Men like me can't afford to not be "in the mood" for this shit.

I'm reminded of that harsh truth as I scan the impatient looks being cast at me during this redundant meeting.

"I am," I assure the room. I have no idea whose voice ripped right through my wandering mind before Lemon nudged me in the side. They all look and sound the same to me. "I'm with you, gentlemen – and woman."

That's a lie. I have no idea what they were bickering about before my mind started to drift off. This acquisition is not a friendly one, but as hostile as things can get in this business. These guys know they're lost without us, but they're unwilling to give up easily. It's easy to think that we're doing them a favor by buying out their failing endeavor, but that's only a mistake an oblivious idiot would make. They're sitting on a gold mine, providing us with a lot more than they are aware of.

That's exactly what pisses me off about them. They have no idea what they're doing, and they're failing because of that. We will make their efforts blossom in a way they never could, but we will have to agree to a deal that satisfies both parties first, something that has ended up being a lot more difficult than expected.

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