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I laugh.
“After completing an honors bachelor of business finance degree, she graduated at the top of her class at the tender age of twenty-three with an MBA/CFA degree. The CFA is one of the hardest degrees to earn. The prep work is punishing. The failure rate is extremely high, yet Arianne nailed it on the first try while finishing her MBA.”
“I barely finished high school,” I say.
“I’ve never met anyone with the ability to reshape a company like her.”
“Wow.”
“Earlier this year, Glach Tech was bought out for a ridiculous sum, making the CEO an extraordinarily rich man. Without the crowdfunding hattrick and Arianne’s foresight, they would never have sold for that kind of money. She single-handedly brought back the company from the dead—”
“Sold!”
“Without even meeting her and without talking to your business partner?” Easton asks.
“It takes a lot to impress you, Easton,” I say. “You only have accolades for this woman. Her only fault might be she can’t walk on water.”
He laughs.
“She’s a free agent?”
He nods.
“I want her!”
“I can make the introductions.”
“Is she in New York?”
“It’s your lucky day, Christensen. She just moved to Los Angeles.”
Chapter 6
Arianne
“Stupid idiots.” I rage under my breath as the packed car zooms down from the nineteenth floor.
Twice! Twice, they are a no show!
How can people be this disrespectful?
I let out a sigh.
Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice and don’t expect me to take your calls ever again.
When the elevator doors open, I stomp out, still angry as hell, muttering a string of four-letter words.
All this preparation and sitting in traffic for no good reason. I was up at five-thirty this morning to slap makeup on my face and get ready.
Thanks for nothing.
I exit the building in search of a cab when my phone rings.
I fish for it inside my handbag.
“Hey, Easton!”
After Phoebe and my parents, Easton Winchester was the fourth person to get my new phone number.
