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Chapter One

“Prick” Same that had cost him a thousand dollars The muscles in his neck ached, as did the throb in his head fro for the last twenty minutes

His business partner, Brock, laughed The black ball spun in the corner pocket, and the white ball swept up the table to hit one of S striped balls “Pay up,” Brock stated

Sray eyes He mentally flipped Brock off for his satisfied srabbed his wallet from his back pocket, then tossed the ot lucky”

“Lucky!” Brock gave a booh “It’s all skill, buddy”

He cursed again under his breath, dropping down into the leather seat in the corner of his office Perhaps he shouldn’t have purchased the new pool table Then he wouldn’t have had his ass handed to him

His secretary had thought he’d lost his ured ithours he worked kept hih the last stack of résumés?”

Brock nodded “Sure did, but no one stood out”

Smith pointed “You’re too damn picky” He’d seen at least four résu for to hire new employees to ease up their workload

Brock grinned “Perhaps” He hesitated, then gave a halfhearted shrug “Why change so that works”

Even if the rated on Smith’s last nerve, he also couldn’t deny the truth behind Brock’s statement

MDR Software had been built upon years of hard work and sweat, not only from Smith, but from Brock too When the corown into a o After the takeover a year later of fellow software cohDot, located in the heart of Baltimore, MDR’s worth tripled

Brock leaned against the pool table, his gaze glowing “New bet?”