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She folds her arms over her chest "What exactly is it that you want?"

"Your cooperation," I tell her honestly

She smirks "You want to divorce o Our little moment of drunken indiscretion could put me in some deep shit"

"And this is my proble under my skin "If you want to save your father’s coer the oneCorporation"

She rolls those , Alexander"

I pound asp "It’s true, dammit"

Her eyes search my face as she chews on that plump bottom lip of hers, and then she asks softly, "How is that possible? I thought your father left you this company?"

"He did, but there is a catch A clause written in his will states the board has the power to overthrowreckless decisions in either my professional or private life," I explain

Her eyebrows draw in and there’s a flash of pity in her eyes "Why would he do that?"

"Because I was only nineteen years old when he was diagnosed with cancer and that’s not exactly a uy to run a Fortune 500 co "I understand why he did it Hell, I would do the sa in order to protect the family e out for o’s lips twist "But you’re thirty years old now Does that clause not have an expiration date?"

I nod "It ends when I’e he settled down, gothis eht by then" I lean in and set my elbows on my desk "That’s why I need your cooperation I need to convince the board that our e wasn’t some random drunken act so they don’t question my ability to run this company I’ve worked my ass off since my father’s death to prove not only to the board, but also to myself, that I’m fit to fill Father’s shoes I would want hi"

Silence settles in the office I’ve never really adood to say it out loud I just hope that Margo understands why this rees to helpI’ve just told her, she launches into questionthat you want to stayand make the world believe that we’re o nods "What’s in it for ht I was pretty clear about howin power benefits you"

She shakes her head "All you said was that if I wanted to save my father’s business, then I would need to help you I’ myself why I would want to do that I know your main objective is to buy out my father’s entire company and then break it into pieces to sell off like it’s some worn-out toy at a flea market"