Harlequin Desire October 2019--Box Set 2 of 2 by Janice Maynard

Author:Janice Maynard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

For the past several days, Ryan had been Adam’s priority. Hearing her father’s prognosis had been understandably upsetting. He’d offered his many resources to help. Walking into the boardroom at CANN International, Adam was prepared to provide updates on the various stages of design and construction happening with half a dozen new CANN hotels going up in the next eighteen months. Along with CANN Island, an ambitious string of über-luxurious properties on islands near Djibouti, plans were underway for hotels in Geneva, Sydney, Fiji, Oslo and Macao.

No one was talking about that. The chatter was all about Wagyu.

As soon as Adam reached the table his dad, Nicholas, exclaimed, “Breedlove Beef is king!”

“Oh, here we go,” Adam said, though he couldn’t help but for his chest to puff out just a bit. He accepted several handshakes before sitting down.

Greg Chapman, VP of international sales, agreed with Nicholas. “You’re all the industry is talking about.”

“The money spent on public relations paid off, and it was a boatload. No doubt the column written by one of America’s top food critics—”

“And published in the Sunday edition of every major city—”

“Right,” Adam said. “There really isn’t a dollar amount that can be put on that.”

“I bet they tried, though,” Christian added, holding up a fist for Adam to bump.

“No doubt. The retainer is hefty, plus expenses. But the phone has been ringing off the hook. We might have to cut back some of those orders for…”

Nicholas sat up. “Orders for who? I know you’re not going to say the orders for CANN International, the other company you work for, the reason you even have your little enterprise.” Nicholas’s dismissive wave of the hand elicited laughter around the table. “I know that’s not the company you’re planning to put on the end of that sentence. The first shipments of that prime, in-demand Wagyu need to be addressed to CANN International, and that’s after you’ve come up the road and filled up my and your mama’s fridge.”

The jokes continued for a bit before Christian took charge and returned their attention to CANN business. It was like each brother had been born with a specific talent that together could create one’s empire of choice, all overseen by their father, the ultimate dreamer. Christian was company president. Adam handled expansion as the R&D VP. Noah worked in finance. Numbers came to him the way music came to Mozart. His family teased that instead of asking for video games, Noah wanted calculators. He was quiet, introspective and smart as a whip. Which left Nick, the patriarch’s namesake. The most charismatic and carefree one of the bunch, he was officially a member of the sales force, but someone with Nick’s personality could basically be successful doing whatever he wanted.

Once everyone had their say the meeting ended. The brothers hung back while the others returned to their offices. The next thing anyone knew, Adam was being hit in the head with a Nerf football that Nick found God knows where.

“Hey!” Adam reached for the ball and aimed for the brother now using the table as a shield.

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