Adjusting the Balance: Cleo vs Andreas by Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh

Author:Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh [Johnson, Jeanie & Leigh, Jayha]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: jeanie johnson, jayha leigh, IR, Multicultural, Contemporary, IR (BW/WM), beautiful trouble publishing, Romance, erotic romance, Multicultural & Interracial, Literature & Fiction
Amazon: B006EODRHY
Publisher: Beautiful Trouble Publishing
Published: 2011-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

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Ändreas was in the middle of a planning

session with his partners when Cleo knocked and

waltzed right in. His personal assistant no longer

bothered to attempt to stop her...and he didn’t blame

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her, especially after Cleo reminded her who owned

the building.

“Not only is my momma best friends with the

woman who owns this building, that woman is my

standby godmomma who loves me, spoils me and

assured me that I could have anything I want. What I

want is Ändreas to come with me now.”

Seeing one of his partners about to interrupt,

she cleared her throat and changed tactics. “Being

that y’all are bankers, let me put this in financial

terms. The principal party—which would be me—

owns a controlling interest in Ändreas, who is

obviously ninety percent of the brains behind this

business and ninety-nine percent of the hotness.

Considering that tidbit, by extension Cleo—the

principal party—has a controlling interest in your

little firm.”

Cleo’s announcement left them all with their

mouths agape.

Of course Yves had to do the dumb thing and

open his mouth. “This feels like a shakedown.”

“That’s because you’re soft and used to having

your way.”

Ändreas almost spit out the mint he’d been

chewing. Cleo accusing anyone of being used to

having their own way was an extreme case of the pot

calling the kettle black. Of course, he was too smart to

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ever let that sentence sneak past his lips. He was

partial to not having his “shit fucked up,” as Cleo

often promised. He was also partial to his lips staying

on his face…in the position where God had put them.

“Oh, silly, silly, silly man. A shakedown is when

you wake up to the severed front end of that prissy

little import you drive on the pillow next to you and a

ninja’s fist heading to your throat, where he punches

you before dragging you outside by your nutsack and

burning down your house as you watch while he

dictates the terms of the protection money you’re

going to pay me so I will refrain from burning down

your whole life. Okay?”

Ändreas knew whatever came out of her mouth

was going to be spectacular, and it was. Before he

could tell Yves to be quiet, Loic reached over and

quietly put Yves in a sleeper hold. Ah, he always did

like Loic best.

“Thank you, Loic,” Cleo said, all pleased with

her vassal’s efforts on her behalf.

“You are welcome, Overlord Cleo,” Loic said

without missing a beat.

“Like I was saying before I was rudely and

unnecessarily interrupted, I own one hundred

percent of the Swankers.”

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It’d been a tossup which of her decrees had

surprised them more, but that last one looked like it

was the winner.

Not wanting to be the victim of something, but

curious, Sébastien asked a question. Sébastien was

nowhere near as obnoxious as Yves was, but being

the jokester of the group, he was the second most

likely to say something to piss people off.

“Respectfully, Cleo, when did we become yours?” he

asked.

“When I decided you were mine, which was

right around the time I didn’t let Tarana, Nandi and

Jakira fuck y’alls shit up, then call our male cousins

to come and fuck y’alls shit up some more before

calling our mommas to come dispose of you.

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