Page 31 of The Billionaire and His Driver
Brina looked back as Tex remained at the entrance doors while Ronny made his way down a long corridor. Brina didn’t know if she was supposed to stay with Tex or go with Ronny, but since Ronny said for her to come with him, she went with him.
At the end of the long corridor she could see FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WARREN BRADSHAW written above an office door. But they walked around a corner, walking past that office. She had Googled him before and knew that he was the founder and Chairman of Bradshaw Tech and therefore it would not have been his late father’s office, who bore the same name, but she wondered why he didn’t stop there. She was just curious.
But as they headed down another long corridor that led to a door with BOARD ROOM written on top, she was more than curious. She was happy to see chairs on the outside of the room, where she would gladly sit and wait on him if that location was his destination. But when a man standing outside, presumably the boardroom attendant, opened the board room double doors for Ronny, he stopped and motioned for Brina to go in ahead of him.
Brina didn’t want to go in AT ALL, but she knew she was on his dime and on his clock. She did as she was ordered.
But as she walked up to Ronny, that feeling that always overwhelmed him whenever she was close, took over again. The same feeling that always overwhelmed Brina when he was near, overtook her again too. They glanced into each other’s eyes as she brushed past him, which heightened the sensual part of him too.
Inside the boardroom, three white men in suits were seated at the long table. She knew immediately that they were related to Ronny: all three looked like him. They were talking amongst themselves when she and Ronny walked in. That conversation abruptly stopped when they saw Brina.
Ronny motioned for Brina to have a seat against the wall behind the roll of chairs where three attractive young women, two white and one black, were seated with iPads in their hands.Brina assumed them to be the assistants to whom she assumed to be the Bradshaw brothers. A lot of assuming, she knew.
“New hire?” one of the young ladies whispered to Ronny when she sat down.
Ronny didn’t know what to say. “I don’t work here,” she said.
The young woman looked at her as if she wanted to ask the next logical question: Then why are you in a board meeting?
Ronny sat at the head of the table while his brothers all waited for an explanation. But Ronny began the meeting.
“I spoke with Latimore last week,” he said. “The deal is too top loaded, he says.”
“Wait a minute, Ronny.” It was the one who looked older than the other two men at the table. “Who’s this?” He was motioning toward Brina.
“That’s Sabrina Hawkins. Sabrina, please meet Sullivan, called Sully. Zackariah, called Zack. And Perry. Yes, you guessed it: Called Perry. They are my brothers and business partners.”
Brina smiled at the men with a nod of her head. “Nice to meet you.”
Only one, the one that appeared to be the youngest, smiled back. “Nice to meet you, Sabrina,” Perry said.
“You didn’t answer my question,” said Sullivan. “Who is she?”
“She’s my driver,” Ronny said, although he wanted to add,and so much more, but he knew that would shock, not just Brina, but himself as well.
“She’s your driver?” asked a confused Zack. “Why is your driver in this meeting?”
“Let me see. Oh here’s a reason! She’s in this meeting because I own eighty percent of this corporation and can have inthis meeting whomever the hell I want to have in this meeting. That’s why!”
Zack gave Ronny a hard look. Brina could just feel the tension between the two brothers.
“What was Latimore’s bottom line?” asked Sully. He could feel the tension too.
“He wants more concessions,” Ronny said, still staring back at Zack.
“And what did you tell him?”
“I told him the deal’s off.”
“Off?” Sully was astounded. “Why would you tell him that, Ronny? We need that slice of the market.”
“I told you he’s the worse negotiator ever,” said Zack. “He doesn’t give anybody a chance to bluff, even for pride’s sake. Now we lost a great deal.”
“We haven’t lost a damn thing. He’ll be back.”
“And how do you know this, Ronald?” Zack asked.
“Because he no longer has a supplier,” Ronny said. “I purchased that supply company first.”
