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“You’rethe one who fucked up that deal,” Jorge shouted across the way, bringing a final close to the lively lunch discussion once and for all.
Richard leaped to his feet and pointed a finger at Jorge. “You fucked it. Don’t you blame me for your bullshit. Do you hear me? I won’t take it. Bill, what do you have to say about this?”
Dad leaned back in his chair. “Sit. Eat. Shut up.” He turned toward his seatmates and continued his conversation as if the outburst had ever happened.
It made Grey nervous.
Those two needed to air out their shit in a safe way before they came to blows. Two dragons fighting didn’t exactly make for a happy and well-run company.
“Hey, the energy got a little tense here. Wanna get out of here?” Kaia smiled at him as she whispered. “Walk me back to my cabana, at least.”
He jumped up and took her hand in his, not bothering to explain where they were going. Grey sighed in relief as soon as they were out of earshot and walking toward the resort’s main building. “Thanks for giving me an out.”
“It’s fine. You needed it. I thought you were going to bend your fork in two.”
He shrugged. “I hate the way my Dad runs his business. We’re a competitive bunch, and he seems to think that a word from the alpha should be enough to stop the fighting.”
“Doesn’t work like that when there’s a bruised ego.”
He chuckled. “See? You were with us for one race and three courses, and you saw it for yourself. Why can’t he?”
“I don’t know. How wouldyouhandle it if you were CEO?”
“Oh, I have thought about that a thousand times before. If it were me, I would bring in a shifter mediator, and I would get them to talk. If they wanted to shift and fight, the mediator would help. But thisshut it downthing that Dad is doing?” he shook his head. “It makes them angrier.”
“No one likes to be scolded.”
“Yeah. It’s embarrassing. It’s how he does things, though. I can’t intervene.”
“Can’t you?”
His pace slowed. “It’s not my place. He hasn’t named me as his heir. He could pick my brother too. Shit, he could even pick someone who isn’t in the family.”
“Do youwantto be the CEO?” Kaia asked, making him pause.
“No one’s ever asked me that before.”
“Maybe you need to ask yourself that question before you think of a way to handle this in-fighting.”
“That’s actually really good advice.”
“Not advice. I’m just curious to know your answer. So? What is the answer? Do you even want to be the CEO?”
He rubbed a hand over his mouth. “I think so.”
“That’s not a yes. It’s a maybe.”
“It’s a maybe for a reason,” he clarified.
“Which is?”
“You’re nosy.”
“Yup. I am. Comes in handy at work, but don’t deflect. Why are you a maybe on the whole CEO thing? Does your dad know? Maybe that’s why he hasn’t named you his heir yet. Maybe he’s giving you time to come to terms with it.”
“That’s giving him entirely too much credit. There’s no way my dad is actually thinking about me and my future that much.”
“Bad dad?”
