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Except I was a take-charge kind of man.
I was in control.
Always.
Purposely, he unbuttoned his suit jacket and leaned back against his seat, making himself comfortable as if he was the one with the power.
“What is this?” he questioned, gesturing to her.
“Don’t look at Paige,” I ordered. “You look at me.”
He did, tapering his eyes.
“As of this morning, I own fifty-one percent of your company’s stock.”
He jerked back, rendered speechless.
“And my first order of business is,” I didn’t delay adding, “you’re fucking fired. Effective immediately. If you have a problem with that—”
“You bet your ass I do.”
I smiled snidely. “You can take it up with my lawyer.”
Paige’s composure was strained again, and I gripped onto her leg, silently demanding she hold in her emotions. Under normal circumstances, this would be business, not personal, but this takeover was all personal for me.
I pulled the contract out from my briefcase, setting it in front of Paige. Again, without any reservation, I informed him, “My second order of business,I’m signing your company over to her.”
Paige lightly gasped.
I couldn’t blame her.
After all, this was her father I was hostilely taking over.
“You can’t do this,” he roared.
“I already did.” Grabbing Paige’s hand from her lap, I gave her my pen. “Sign right there.”
Her astonished expression flew from him to me. “A little warning would have been appreciated, Adrian,” she softly whispered for only me to hear.
Gripping onto her leg harder, I repeated, “Sign, Cherry.”
“What am I signing?”
“What’s rightfully yours.”
The apprehension she felt was written clear across her face. I pulled the only card I had, insisting, “Trust me.”
She thought about it for a second before her shaky hand signed on the dotted line.
I beamed, loving that she still trusted me. Even after what I put her through.
I looked back up at her father. “You have ten minutes to clean out your office.”
“Or what?”
“Security will throw you out.”
He abruptly stood, glaring at his board members. “You’re just going to let this happen?”
