Drop Dead, Gorgeous by J. D. Mason

Author:J. D. Mason [Mason, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, African American, Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9780312617288
Google: aULMngEACAAJ
Amazon: 1250023378
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

It’s Tempting to Pack Up Your Throne

Jordan arrived back at the office just in time for his two o’clock meeting with June and several others who’d come together to discuss the Anton buyout. He had made a fool of himself with Lonnie. But Jordan hadn’t been thinking clearly. Even now she had this way about her that left him flapping around like a fish out of water, pushing him to limits beyond his natural boundaries. She brought out the worst in him. Lonnie, just her presence, brought out the animal in him. When things had been good between them, his feet didn’t touch the ground. He was hungry for the woman. Jordan craved her beyond what was natural or moral. It was the reason behind why he’d lost it on her the way he did, two years ago. The line between loving Lonnie Adebayo and hating her had always been as thin as thread.

“Older investors are jumping the Anton ship like crazy,” June explained to the group. “But there are just as many signing on as there are leaving. The new investors are younger, more aggressive players, all as anxious for this takeover to happen as we are.”

“Anton is still refusing to file bankruptcy?” someone else asked.

“Robert Jorgensen is a stubborn, old bastard,” June stated, in reference to the CEO. “He’s a dinosaur when it comes to his business model, which is why it’s failing, and has been for the last decade. He’ll let the business crumble and fall apart into rubble before he’ll take a Chapter 11. And that’s good. Good for us. Stock prices at Anton right now are dirt cheap. Once the merger’s complete”—June leaned back and looked like she had been born to make this merger happen—“that’ll change overnight. A lot of people stand to make a fortune off this deal.” She smiled and her gaze landed on Jordan. “And so do we. Isn’t that right, Jordan?”

June had come into the business days after Jordan and his team had begun proceedings for buying out Anton.

“Mind if I sit in on a few meetings?” she’d asked him eagerly. “This is fascinating stuff, big brother. I could learn a lot.”

In Jordan’s mind, June was supposed to do just that, sit back, listen, watch, and learn. So, when the hell had she decided to take the lead on the whole goddamned thing? June had no idea who she was up against. She saw numbers. She saw investors and stock dividends. She saw an outdated business model. But Jordan saw something else entirely.

“Robert Jorgensen may be a dinosaur,” he began calmly, “but he’s no fool. And the worst thing you can do is to underestimate the man.” His gaze fell on every pair of eyes in that room staring back at him and hanging on every word. “That old-ass business model you all are looking down your noses at netted Anton profits higher than any other U.S. oil company for longer than some of you have been alive.”

June suddenly looked agitated and amused.

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