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“No, but I’m the best and the fastest and continued delays mean dropped profits Do as you will, but I want ood day, Zahir”

He stoet him kicked out of the country

“Brother, brother, as much as I am with you about how terrible Clayton McDerin with, I also don’t need to be shouted at or hear every curse word you know across five languages,” Fairuza said, her voice a cal within him

“The asshole totally re-inked the deal Does he think I’n that I’m not that desperate”

“No, I don’t suppose we are yet, but we had another oil leak on the outskirts of the UAE One of our oldest wells is co across at the seams We do need his steel His company is the fastest and the best, and if we could have co to our own co”

“We can replace”

“I don’t want to be slow,” she said “We save this er even in the next month or so, and we’ll be able to stay co on us fast and our bad press and faulty e

quipment is why”

He wanted to chuck his cell phone against the wall, but it wouldn’t help his situation Besides, it wouldn’t feel at all like throttling Clayton McDermott would have

“Then you suggest I just go back to the negotiation table with that rat bastard? I have no interest in it, and he’s clearly not budging He’s heard the press asit”

Fairuza sighed on the other end “There’s always more than one way to skin a cat, as the A We do have to renegotiate with him”

“And we’ve been at this for months, and he pulls out such a ridiculous and crazy counteroffer”

“Then you negotiate after you have the right dirt on him Clayton has a reputation but I bet he’s about as cavalier in his business dealings as he is with his wo else We just need to find an employee we can hire aho can be our best infor for a feeeks or so, co about him we need If he doesn’t co inforet about hier and paper on the planet”

“That’s actually…it’s sneakier than I’d like”

“He’s a snake You come to the snake pit ready to play,” she pointed out, her tone cold and efficient It was this side of his sister that was the reason why half the board called her Ice Queen behind her back But even Zahir had to admit she had a point They needed to outame

“Yes, but where do we find such an employee?”

“I’ll start going through recent fires on Monday”

Chapter Two

Addison Morgan was late for work again

But it wasn’t her fault The redhead pushed a strand of her long hair back up into its clip and tapped her foot impatiently on the linoleuet her boss’s coffee That was a difficult task on the best of days Clayton McDerest hotshot CEO out there Considering the way other women in the office fawned over him and seeo was earned He’d never been her cup of tea, too blond and tanned Besides, ith that chin dimple? It looked more like a butt than a chin sometimes However, he did control the boardroom and the women of the office overall, and that made him cocky