Page 105 of Calamity Rayne Knocked Up

“I didn’t work him over. I listened to him. Something you never learned to do!”

“You listened to him,” Remington muttered disparagingly, swatting his words away. “You saw an opportunity, and you took it, knowing full well that I had my eye on his company first.”

“What if I did?”

Uh-oh.I stepped into the room hoping if they saw me they’d act more civilized toward each other.

“Are you going to tell me you would have done differently if the shoe was on the other foot?” Hale challenged.

“When are you going to let this rivalry go?”

“My disapproval of how you live your life and conduct your business is not a rivalry. It’s a direct result of your selfish behavior!”

“Everything I did, I did for my family.”

“Is that what you told yourself when you fucked over your own son,Dad.”

“I made a mistake but your life is still better for it!”

Hale scoffed. “You’re unbelievable. The way you twist yourshitty behavior so you can take credit for any positive outcomes...” He threw up his hands. “Sometimes I think even you believe your own lies.”

“It’s not a lie if it’s true.”

“And I did nothing, right?” Hale stormed. “It was all you? You hired her. You brought her into my life.”

Remington held up his hands in surrender. “Do you expect me to argue? I did hire her.”

“All right, you two, that’s enough,” I said, knowing the next accusation would likely involve Elara and that would not go over well.

“You,”Remington said in a tone he’d never taken with me before, “betrayed me.”

I drew back. “Excuse me?”

“I had you research a potential buyout, and you told a known competitor what we had planned.”

“I told Hale, your son.”

“You told him, knowing full well he’d take the first opportunity to fuck me over!”

“Hey, take it easy,” Hale snapped.

“Remington, I did no such thing.”

“Did you tell him about Xander Landry?”

“Yes, but only because we talk about our day?—”

“And did you share that I wanted to buy out his company?”

“I mentioned that his company was in trouble?—”

“Then you betrayed me!”

The lash of his temper was so sharp tears pricked my eyes.

“Hey! Take it down a notch,” Hale growled, coming to stand protectively in front of me. “Xander was at the dinner party on Wednesday night.Iapproachedhimafter he approached Rayne. This had nothing to do with you.”

“This is my house!”Remington bellowed, slamming his fist on the desk. “It has everything to do with me!”

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