Page 22 of Taming the CEO

"She stormed off. That's bad."

"I am very aware of it," I assured her.

She narrowed her eyes. "And you are 100 percent sure that going after her won't at least improve things?"

"No."

"You know, it’s a good thing you’re meeting your brothers tomorrow," Gran said.

We played tennis on a weekly basis at one of Nick’s gyms.

"How come?"

"Maybe they’ll talk some sense into you."

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The next morning, I was in a bad mood when I woke up, but I didn't cancel the tennis session. It was a good way to blow off steam. I'd spoken to Gabe before I went to bed, keeping him up to date about the newest mishaps. He'd promised to join us today.

Usually I played with Leo, Cade, and sometimes Spencer. Nick joined us but wasn't always part of the game. Since he owned the place, he was usually needed by one of his staff members, so it was difficult for him to get a whole game in.

I was damn proud of Nick. He’d grown the fitness branch’s business by leaps and bounds since he took it over.

"Hey," Cade said with a shit-eating grin.

"Bad night?" Spencer added.

I stared at them. "You spoke to Gabe?"

Spencer rolled his eyes. "Yeah, obviously."

"What am I missing?" Leo said. "Dude, why do they know more than me?"

I scoffed. "Don’t blame me. I spoke to Gabe, who apparently thinks you're a second-class citizen, considering he shares things with Spencer and Cade first."

"We were with him," Spencer admitted.

"Yeah," Cade added. “Believe me, we know we’re not something special.”

We all chuckled at that.

"And he might not have wanted to share what's happening, but we have ways of coercing our youngest brother to tell us stuff he doesn't want to," Cade continued.

Just then, Gabe joined the room.

"Speak of the devil," I said.

He turned to Cade and Spencer. "Oh, come on, you've already started talking about this without me? I told you that's not how it works."

I frowned at him. "You had to discuss this with them before you talked to me?"

He groaned. "It seems I did, bro. You got us in deep."

"Fine, let's hear it. What’s the answer?"

"Maybe you shouldn’t meet with Cami anymore."

I cocked a brow. "How am I supposed to fix things, then?"

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