Chapter 120
AARON
Leah’s smirking.
I love that look. It’s confident and sexy and just a bit arrogant.
And as an Alpha, it’s a damn good look on her.
It’s the kind of look that makes me want to bend her over this
conference table.
Her lips twitch like she knows exactly what I’m thinking.
It’s not a bad idea.
Two board members topple their chairs as they get up and
start yelling.
Two others are flipping through their folders trying to read everything and acting like they haven’t done
anything wrong.
The last members, two females and one male, are sitting back
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtin their chairs completely shellshocked.
The only two wolves on this board. An Alpha named Sean MacPhearson and a second leader, Claude
Taggerty, don’t
kick up a fuss.
They walk out of the room.
Yes, well the writing has been on the wall.
For years.
I’m not feeling particularly sorry for any of these bastards.
Liam steps into the havoc. He doesn’t actually say anything. He just moves until he’s standing next to
Leah. That show of solidarity has an immediate effect. These board
members realize that they aren’t going to bully her or talk
their way out of this.
I move until I stand on Leah’s opposite side. I actually own 51% of this corporation and if any of them
bothered to keep up to date on the stock sales, they’d know that too.
“Mr. Rathborn,” one of the men says. His name is Hugo Clarkson and he’s on more than one board
with me. “Your recent acquisitions would mean that you own the controlling shares of Roberts
Corporation.”
Okay. So at least one of them has done their homework.
“As the controlling member,” Clarkson says, “It’s you. Not Miss
Roberts or her brother who can make these decisions. I’m sure
you can recognize that her hasty assessment and rash actions are misplaced in this situation.”
Divide and conquer. I see what he’s trying to do here.
Leah glances at me.
“Are you calling my wife rash and questioning her judgment, Clarkson?” my voice is almost a growl, I’m
so angry.
His pasty white face flushes all blotchy. “That’s not what I
said!”
Insulting Leah was definitely not the right strategy. “An insult to my wife is an insult to me.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNow the old man blanches.
“Leah, Liam, shall we conduct a vote?” I ask. “All in favor?”
Their hands go up and it’s over.
The smart ones file out of the room. They’ve milked this company long enough.
“Make sure they are escorted directly out, Liam. Call in security to oversee each of them. Get their
access restricted
immediately.”
He storms out of the room and my wolves follow to help
ensure security.
Then it’s just me and Leah in this conference room.
I put my hands on the long stretch of wood and press down. “It’s sturdy,” I tell her.
She spins so her ass is on the conference table and she faces
me directly.
“What did you have in mind?”