Page 2 of What Comes Around

But in complete control.

His eyes never left me.

“Miss Richards.”

“Mr. Sinclair,” I replied.

“Welcome to Sinclair Enterprises,” he said.

“Thank you.”

“I trust your relocation went smoothly?”

“Yes. Your people made it very easy,” I answered honestly.

One corner of his mouth lifted slightly. Not quite a smile. More like recognition.

“Good,” he said. “They were instructed to.”

He studied me again.

“You know why you’re here.”

“Yes.”

“Say it anyway.”

“You wanted me,” I replied.

A pause.

One brow lifted slightly.

“Correct.”

He uncrossed his arms.

“I saw you six months ago in New York,” he said. “Development Analytics Panel. Third speaker. You dismantled a billion-dollar casino expansion with three charts and one sentence.”

I remembered.

“You said numbers don’t lie. People do.”

I nodded once.

“That sentence cost two executives their jobs,” he added calmly. “And saved three companies from bankruptcy.”

I didn’t react.

“I asked who you worked for before you finished speaking,” he continued. “And by the time the panel ended, I knew I wanted you working for me.”

“So you had Sinclair acquire me,” I said.

“Yes.”

No apology. No hesitation.

He straightened slightly.