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They nodded, and I retreated to the elevator then pushed the button for the garage.
Moving over to my Range Rover, I climbed in, and I set the radio to blasting. The beat seemed to rage in time to my anger and fears, so I felt calmer when I approached the main headquarters of Acuig.
With one of my PAs notified of my arrival, Ethan was there waiting for me as I climbed into the elevator.
As he passed me some coffee like this was a regular day at work when it wasn’t, I murmured, “I won’t be here for long.”
Of course, the coffee must have been some kind of fucking test because I ended up spending the next eight hours locked in discussions over some changes to the contract that Hanover Corp. sent over at nine AM.
Their actions proved that hostile takeovers were the best way to make corporate moves because when you did shit diplomatically, they thought you were a punk-ass bitch and could make demands that were beyond their worth.
Angered by the wasted morning, I was on the brink of storming off when Ethan popped his head around the corner and said, “There’s someone called Louise waiting down at reception for you, Finn.”
I glowered at him. “Who?”
“Louise? She says she works with Aoife?”
Louise?
“Send her away,” I dismissed.
“You don’t want to see her?”
“I sure as hell don’t.”
He hesitated. “She says she has something for you.”
A bunny she could boil later?
I grunted, “Tell her to leave it at the front desk.”
Seemingly aware that I was on the brink of getting him to send security, Ethan said, “She won’t. Says the receipts are important and she wants to show you that someone is stealing from Aoife.”
Achilles’ heel well and truly tested, I snapped, “Send her up.”
I had no way of knowing if this was a ploy or not, but if it was, I didn’t give a damn that the bakery had nothing to do with me—I was firing her.
Ten minutes later, I finished sending an email to one of our attorneys when a knock sounded at the door.
Ethan waited a second before he popped in. “She’s here, Finn.”
“Send her in.”
“Want some coffee?”
“No,” I sniped. And encourage the bitch into thinking she was welcome here?
“Oh, but, Finn, it’s so cold out. I’d love some,” Louise chimed in from behind Ethan.
He flicked a glance at me but I shook my head. Ethan backed off, letting Louise stride inside.
She wore the same outfit as earlier this morning: skintight jeans with a tee tucked into them. A thick cable-knit cardigan swung around her hips, and she had a winter coat over the top. With calf-length boots, gloves, and a hat, she was dressed for winter.
Not for seduction.
Praying this wasn’t a ploy and genuine for the sake of my patience, I beckoned her forward and remarked, “Ethan says you have proof someone’s stealing from Aoife?”
She shot me a wary smile. “I didn’t want to disturb her with this.”
