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“And?” he asked, and I didn’t respond. I didn’t blow through women like Knox did, but right now I’d take twenty just to unleash the hold a certain woman seemed to have on me. She infuriated me, and it drove me to want to hurt someone. “Are you going to change, because we have roughly five minutes.” I whirled around, confused as to why we weren’t going to the gym. “Your father called a meeting late last night for this morning.”
“I didn’t see anything come through.”
“Maybe that was because Macallan got in your way?” He turned the empty scotch bottle around.
“What’s the meeting about?” I ignored his comment.
“I could tell you, but where’s the fun in that?” He held up his phone, and I realized I was going to be late.
“Shit.” Janice was good. Not a trace remained of last night’s company. I pulled on a fresh shirt and pants, and grabbed the first jacket I could spot. Thankfully, I had already showered. I grabbed my cufflinks then headed out to the next room. I waved at Jesse, and he nodded and followed me out the door.
“Ready?” He had his phone out, texting away to someone.
“Yes.” I wanted to probe about the meeting, but my hangover had other plans.
“Painkillers?” He rattled a bottle of pills, and I shook my head. I welcomed the discomfort, as I knew it would help distract me.
“Boys,” I said and pointed to the floor in front of the elevator. “Pendiente al área,” I commanded them to keep watch, and both obediently dropped to the spot where I’d pointed.
One of the perks of living where you worked was that it was only a short elevator ride down to the meeting. The door was open, and we walked right in. Jesse closed it behind us.
Kenna was there, and I glared at her. Fuck.
“You want those pills now?” Jesse chuckled behind me, and I snatched the bottle from his hand. I might need something stronger to deal with this chick today.
Kenna eyed me up and down, and her brows lifted. It was as though she could see right through me.
I forced myself to keep a blank face as I looked around the room. Her father Cameron, my father, and to my absolute surprise, my mother all sat around the conference table.
“Good, Grim, you’re here.” My father smiled.
“My apologies,” I mumbled and looked at my watch and realized I was ten minutes late. I was rarely late for anything, especially a meeting. I looked at Kenna again and realized her merely being in the room rattled me. I shook it off. “I missed the email about this pop-up meeting.”
“Scotch will do that to you.” Kenna smirked, and I was sure my hangover was written all over my face.
“Kenna, always a pleasure.”
“I’m glad you feel that way,” she shot back without missing a beat.
“And why are we here, exactly?”
“Well, when Kenna shared her concerns with me last night, I thought it was best to hash everything out this morning,” Dad replied and mouthed, “You’re late.”
“I know,” I mouthed back when Kenna looked down. I made my way over to my mother and kissed her cheek. “Mom, wonderful to see you here. To what do we owe this pleasure?” I loved when she joined in on the family business. She had a heart of gold but was ruthless in all things business. I was sure dad married her for that exact reason. They had a balance.
“I figured Kenna could use a little woman empowerment in this meeting.” She lifted the same brow I could at me, and I smiled.
“You sure about that?” I tossed an annoyed look at Kenna, who shrugged off my sass.
“Lions need to be tamed sometimes.” Mom shot me a look then sat up straight the way only she could. She oozed power. “And who better than two lionesses to take that on?” She winked at Kenna, who smiled sweetly at me.
“And boy, do you need to be tamed,” Kenna gritted through her teeth, making Mom chuckle.
“All right, all right, settle down.” Dad waved for me to sit in the empty chair next to Kenna.
Mom reached down and pulled up her mini-Doberman to sit on a chair next to her. She thought it hilarious to have what appeared to be a miniature version of my dogs.
The little shit jumped on the table and raced over to stick its wet nose in my face.
