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The double doors to his room stand open and I enter, holding the coffee in one hand, and my phone in the other. "What’s the hurry? Where’s the fire? Why are you—" I spot Abby seated in one of the chairs in the seating area with Knight standing opposite her.
"There you are." Abby’s face lights up. I walk toward her, and she embraces me. "Hope we didn’t pull you out of anything important?’
"Whatever it was, this is more important," Sir Knighthole growls.
Abby scowls at him. "That’s not very nice."
"No, it’s not," I say sweetly in his direction.
Knight ignores me and directs his words at his sister. "Anyway, this entire scheme is not going to work. This is not something she can deliver on. She’s barely managed to juggle my appointments for the day, and you think she’s capable of drawing up a list of likely candidates for the role?"
"Oh, shush. Penny has the patience and the temperament, and she’ll be able to interview the candidates without pissing them off. Unlike—" She narrows her gaze on him.
Knight snorts, then he folds his arms across his chest and widens his stance, impatience written into every angle of his body.
I look between them. "What are you talking about? Draw up a list of candidates for what role?"
"Uh, it might sound a little unorthodox, but this is going to be the only way out." She wrings her hands. "My father isn’t the easiest person to get along with, as I've told you before. And he was never happy that Knight joined the military. Of course, he’s thrilled that he’s back now, but there’s a problem."
"Clearly, he’s not that happy, since he’s trying his best to kick me out of the company, but I’m not having any of it." Knight leans forward on the balls of his feet. "Nothing is going to stop me from taking over from him and making more money than he ever did in his lifetime. And I’ll do it in less than half the time it took him, too." He shoves a hand inside the pocket of his slacks—his new slacks.
It didn’t skip my attention that he’s changed his clothes since I last saw him. My cheeks heat at the reason for that. Images of him fisting his gigantic cock as he groaned my name crowd my mind. He must sense the direction of my thoughts, for his lips curl. His green eyes, though, are chips of glacial nothingness. Whatever I glimpsed in them as he orgasmed is gone. It’s as if the only time he feels something is during sex—whether he’s pushing me to the edge or masturbating.
"So, what do you think, Penny?" Abby’s voice cuts through my thoughts.
"Think about what?" I turn to her.
"About what I told you?"
"Oh, sorry, my mind drifted for a second. What was your question?"
"Will you help Knight find a wife?"
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Her eyes widen. "Did you saya wife?"
Abby nods, and Penny starts laughing.
Abby chuckles, then says, "It sounds ridiculous, but it’s the only way Knight can take over the company from my father."
"Did I miss something?" She blinks rapidly. "He needs a wife in order to take over the company?"
"A condition my father only saw fitting to tell me just a little while ago." I manage to school my features into a bored expression. My father caught me by surprise. I’d anticipated he’d make me pay for the years I spent away in the military and for turning my back on the company he built, but this stipulation of his was not something I could have seen coming.
"Wait, I’m confused." Penny shifts her weight from foot to foot. "Aren’t you the CEO of this company?"
"The CEO looks after the day-to-day running of the company. The Chairman of the Board has the final say on all decisions of the company," I say in a voice that’s meant to sound condescending.
And it does, for she scowls in my direction.
"The position of Chairman is currently held by my father, and for me to take over from him, I need to be married."
"And within the month," Abby chimes in. "Also, he has to produce an heir within the year."
"Wha—?" Penny shakes her head. "I’m afraid this is all waaay over my pay grade. You’ll have to explain to me what your being married has to do with your becoming the head of the company."
