Intensity by Berengaria Brown

Author:Berengaria Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Book/Menage
Published: 2010-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Wesley knew Amos would be upstairs in his office at nine the next morning checking through the faxes, phone messages and e-mails, making sure everything was ready, and there were no last minute hiccups liable to happen. Amos’s personal assistant was extremely efficient and everything would probably be in perfect order as usual. But in the back of the minds of both men there was a premonition of things going wrong.

Wesley was a little on edge, too. He reread the agenda and could see nothing that Andrew Smith-Johnstone could use to cause trouble.

The man was a loose cannon. He had absolutely no sense for business, no feel for the company, yet could not quite let go and leave it to his son to deal with.

The three years between John Smith’s death and Amos’s taking over had been fraught with difficulty as many board members and senior managers had felt that Andrew should have succeeded John as CEO instead of the position being held in limbo until Amos turned twenty-five. But by the end of the three years, even those most loyal to Andrew were forced to admit Amos’s decisions were invariably better for the company than Andrew’s.

Wesley brought his laptop into the meeting just in case he needed to look something up to back up Amos with facts.

As soon as Andrew walked in the door, whispering fiercely in Harley Petrou’s ear, Wesley knew the shit was going to hit the fan.

But dammit, what shit. He reread the agenda for the tenth time.

There is no item here Andrew can complain about. It’s all stuff we have done before and nothing the least bit controversial. Harley is a Intensity 43

nice guy but far too loyal to Andrew. He must know how totally incompetent Andrew is.

Wesley thought back to the truly explosive board meetings when Amos first took over as CEO and Andrew was trying to prevent him from changing anything.

Yeah, Harley never once voted against Andrew. He is loyal, I’ll give him that. But I do recall him abstaining from voting a couple of times, which proves he knows Andrew’s faults. But what has Andrew gotten up his sleeve this time?

The last three board members entered the room together and settled in their seats, so Amos called the meeting to order, his PA picked up her notepad and pen to take the minutes, and the session was underway.

But although the first few items of business moved through very quickly, the tension in the room was palpable. Everyone was fidgety, and it was blindingly obvious something was going to happen very soon.

“Item six, the financial statement. Has anyone any questions for Morton?” asked Amos, gesturing to the CFO seated on his left.

“Yes, I do,” said Andrew, rising to his feet and stretching to his full height. “I do not see a notation of the amount of rent Keziah Holden is paying to stay in the company apartment. How much rent is she paying Smith, Inc.?”

“She’s not paying rent. The apartment is for my use, and she is Wesley and my guest,” replied Amos quietly.

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