Secrets With the Billionaire by Noelle Keaton

Author:Noelle Keaton [Keaton, Noelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781772330427
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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A week later, Connor stood in his corner office of Albright Software Media’s Philadelphia headquarters, staring out over a skyline crowded with skyscrapers. He heard a knock on his door, followed by Dan’s voice. “You wanted to see me?”

Connor nodded without turning around. “I’ve changed my mind about pressuring the Chronicle to kill the article about me. Go ahead and let them publish it.”

“Oh boy,” Dan said. Connor heard the door close and could tell from his footsteps that Dan was heading over to the bar. “May I ask what brought this on?”

No, you may not, Connor wanted to tell him. However, Dan was a close friend as well as a loyal employee. He trusted Dan’s judgment implicitly and had never been anything but candid and honest with him. However, that didn’t mean he needed to tell Dan everything that happened on the island. “I got to know the reporter who did the interview and was very impressed by him,” Connor said, trying to sound as neutral as he could, despite the words of praise. “Canceling the article might negatively impact his career.”

Connor heard the clink of ice and the splash liquid being poured into a glass before Dan said, “So what if it does?”

“I don’t want that to happen. Tim’s a nice guy who deserves a break.”

“Let him find it somewhere else. We are on the verge of acquiring Scrap Vook, a deal that has the potential of making Albright Software Media one of the largest software media companies in the world.”

Scrap Vook was an Internet-startup-turned-media-phenomenon that allowed users to upload and share short videos they’d created. Unlike YouTube, Scrap Vook users could integrate other users’ videos into their own to create a wholly new video. The popularity of the site derived from the simplicity and ease with which this could be done. Though Scrap Vook was a natural fit for Albright Software Media, it still had taken months to arrive at an agreement in which Albright would acquire the company. Connor couldn’t wait to see what resulted from the combination of Scrap Vook’s creative possibilities with his company’s state-of-the-art technological advances. Above all else, this deal had to go through.

As if reading his thoughts, Dan said, “It can all fall apart if the Scrap Vook people think you’re not healthy enough to take the helm and supervise the merging of the two companies.”

“I told the Scrap Vook CEO and the two founders about my heart attack myself. Nothing I’ve said in the article should come as a surprise to them.”

“Maybe not to them, but it probably will to their shareholders. These Scrap Vook kids are what, twenty-two, twenty-three? They are eager to take the money we’re throwing at them, especially since they get to hang around since we aren’t forcing them out. But the Scrap Vook shareholders will probably take a dim view of their founders no longer being in charge. We need to handle that before we spring the news that you had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass.

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