Page 40 of Craving You
“Why not just say it now, then?”she asks.
“I have no problem saying his name, but unlike him, I have no desire to tear someone down.Bluntly, I know he is full of shit, but if he felt he had no other choice, who am I to correct him?”
“By a show of hands,” Remy says.“Who thinks the name should be released to allow them a chance to defend themselves?”
They all raise their hand, and Matthew looks nervous.“Matthew Hernandez,” I say.
“Ten million, dude?”Alan Jacobs asks.Matthew says nothing as he stares at me.
“Matthew, you are free to speak.This is not one sided,” I say.
“I didn’t know you were being forced,” he says after a long pause.“If I had known, I would have come to Cameron and Remington.”
“Oh?”Tris laughs.“You would have gone to her highly protective older brother and even more protective boyfriend and told them what?You went into the club to fuck her, but you think she might be being forced into it?”
“Well… No… When you put it that way,” he says, making me smile.
“Why did you try to get them to pay you?”Leann asks.
“Truthfully… Because we are suffering,” he says.“We are one bad month away from filing for bankruptcy.”
“I’ll make you a deal,” Cam says.“If the board objects, we can talk about it, but we will buy 75% percent of your stocks and let you continue to run it.”
“We need an in-depth audit first,” Remington adds.“Get us that by the end of the week, and so long as the decline isn’t from theft, we can fix the situation and let you run it.”
“Let me run the audit and I’ll decide by the time I get done,” he says.“I… shit… I need to talk to my wife first…”
“Oh shit,” Tris laughs.
“Okay,” Cam chuckles.
“Does anyone have any questions?”Remy asks.
“We would like to vote on removing Lorelei as COO,” Leann says.
Yeah, I knew that was coming, but I don’t expect Cameron’s response.“Okay.Vote,” he says.
“All in favor?”Remington asks casually.I amshockedwhen all ten board members raise their hand.
“Well, fuck you guys too,” I mutter to myself.
“Lorelei,” Cameron says with a smirk.“The board has voted to remove you as COO and we will be taking their suggestion.”
“Okay,” I say, narrowing my eyes at him.
“Tris?”he says.
“Yes.”she smiles.
“We are formally offering you the position of COO.Do you accept?”
“I do,” she says.
“Wonderful,” Remington says, taking a folder from her.“Lorelei?”
“Yes?”I ask, narrowing my eyes at him.
“Sign, please,” he says, handing me a pen.I take it and step closer to see that it is paperwork to make me a third owner.
