Finn's POV::
“It’s good to see you again, David,” i said, never losing my cool, I loved the look of anger mixed with fear in his eyes, i knew my mission was beginning to unfold, and i would not stop until I brings David Gilbert to his knees.“I was getting things straightened out and then you swoop in and steal my company out from under me,” the man continued to yell, he was so angry, his face was completely red and he could barely speak. The angrier David got, the calmer i felt.“I guess you should’ve run your business a bit more above ground and not left it vulnerable to a takeover,” I said.David looked like he wanted to jump across the room and strangle me to death, but held himself, trying to control his raging nerves.I looked over the man, who had seemed so much larger than life when I was still a teenager, the man now looked shrunken and old. It was satisfying.“I ran my business successfully, for over forty years, you pompous piece of trash, you may have the rest of the world fooled but I know where you come from and I know who you really are,” David spat at me.I was beginning to lose some of my calm, i narrowed my eyes on the man who had changed my life, I knew David was trying to get a reaction from me but I refused to bite, I refused to fall shamelessly into his trap.“Unlike you, David, I kept a protective, watchful eye on my business, I may have started out on the wrong side of town, as you like to point out but I made choices to change my life and now you’re the one who will have nothing,” i said, with a mocking smile.David actually lunged at me, as the security guards immediately stepped into the room, i held my hand up, to stop them from grabbing the man, i wanted him to try and throw a punch, I was normally not a violent man but it would be my total joy to knock David across his pathetic jaw.David saw the look in my eyes and quickly backed down. “This isn’t the last you’ll hear from me,” he said, still not leaving the office, his nostril flaring, his eyes turning red.“Security please escort Mr Gilbert from my building, Let the front desk know he is no longer welcome to step foot on the premises,” i finished, turned my back on him, as if david didn’t matter in the least to me.“I will get you back for this, just you wait,” David yelled, as the men dragged him away, i continued to smile as i sat back down and once again looked over the papers that gave me ownership of the EarthMix Corporation.I pressed his buzzer, “Sophia can you please pull up the full employee list for The EarthMix Corporation and the financial documents.”“Yes sir, I will have the information to you within a few minutes,” she replied, as efficient as always, i didn’t know how I had been so lucky to find her but if she ever retired o would have a hell of a time replacing her.Sophia brought the information to him and i got to work, I had not done my normal homework when acquiring the corporation, I normally knew the business inside and out before I took it over, I simply hadn’t cared with this one, I was buying it up no matter what, I didn’t even care if the buy ended up costing me millions of dollars, I had the money to spare, this was about my pride and nothing more.As I studied the papers over the afternoon, I was surprised to find there were some legitimate reasons to keep the company as it was, instead of splitting it up like I normally would do, if David had run things how he was supposed to, the corporation would have never gone into jeopardy of being taken over, the man was more of an idiot than I had originally thought.I would have to think about what I was going to do with this one. If I decided to leave it in tact, the first thing to go would be the name, I wouldn’t leave that man’s name attached to any aspect of the business.The Corporation was a major producer of medical equipment, they actually made a quality product but had a horrible marketing department, if the right people were brought in, i may decide to keep the company together.As I studied through the papers over the next several days, I discovered David had embezzled millions of dollars, and that was one of the reasons the company was in such a weak state, I would leave the legal department to look further into it, wouldn’t mind if the man ended up in prison, it would just be icing on the cake.The minute David had placed the corporation on the stock market; he had investors to be accountable too, and since David had been stealing from those investors for years, they were going to want answers, I smiled some more as I thought about David’s life continuing to go down the drain.I left all the staff at their jobs for now but had memos sent out notifying them they were going to have to defend their jobs, I normally left all of that to my staff but since this operation was personal to me, I would be conducting many of those interviews, myself.I had a couple of trusted associates coming with me and I was like a kid on Christmas morning, it was time to go to my new corporation and do some investigating, I had made the decision to keep the company as it was but there would be a lot of people losing their jobs and a lot of new hires, it would take months to get it all straightened out.I was getting ready to leave, when my father walked into the office. “Where are you off to, son?
“Here is your new badge and some for your men, also some workers will be in over the next few days setting up key pads for all the elevators and exits. Here is the list of men who will be here doing the work, these men and only these men are allowed in, if their company tries to send over replacements call me and I’ll let you know if they are approved or not,” I told him.“Okay boss,” Ethan replied, then set to work making phone calls.I spent the first part of the morning exploring the huge building, the most time was spent down on the bottom floors, assessing the factory and its workers, They were eyeing me with trepidation and I knew my father was right, I needed to speak with them soon, the work on the other part of the empire was going slow and he noticed obvious mistakes being made, he knew a lot of that had to do with their lack of enthusiasm for underpaid work and part of it had to do with the fact they were so unsure of their futures.I decided to call a meeting right away,
Lilith Pov.I walked into the familiar building, having to fight back my tears. There were men outside, working on placing a new sign. It was more proof the company no longer belonged to my father. I had been trying to reach him for days, to ask him what had happened. He hadn’t even told me the company was in jeopardy of being taken over.He wasn’t answering his phone, or returning my calls. I had been to his place several times and was told he wasn’t there. I tried again that morning but wasn’t able to get past the gates and found a real estate sign on his front lawn.I was trying to understand what was going on and why my father wouldn’t speak to me, I knew the new owner of the company was scheduled to be there that day and I was determined to get some answers. I had worked so hard throughout the years and had some day hoped to own the company I cared so much about, but those dreams were now gone.I would’ve walked out the doors when the take-over had occurred but I didn’t only ha
“I’m so sorry Mr. Finn. I returned from lunch and then stalked out of the offices before I could stop her,” Annie said a bit breathlessly. My whole world seemed to come to a standstill as the woman said his name. He slowly turned in his chair and our eyes connected.I couldn’t breathe, as I realized the man who had turned my world upside down again, was none other than my ex-lover. My knees would no longer hold me up and I sank down into the chair, which was thankfully positioned behind me. We stared at one another as the seconds ticked by.“Thank you Annie, you can leave us now,” was all he said, in his cold, controlled voice he had developed.“But sir, you said you wanted one of us in here as you let people go…” she began protesting.“I said leave,” he told the woman. She looked at him with surprise and then glared at me before heading out the door, which she slammed behind her. I could see the woman thought of Finn as more than her boss.I wouldn’t put it past him to be sleeping w
LilithPov:I wanted to stand up and slap him across his smug face. I had never in my life been so angry. How could he look at me so coldly? How could he have turned into this cruel hearted man? I was so grateful I had never told him about my son, because I was sure he would’ve tried to acquire him the same way he acquired his businesses.“I do my job very well. I will expect to be treated like any other employee here. I also don’t want to speak with you anymore,” I said as I stood up to leave. I needed to find a bathroom quickly, where I could break down in private.Before I had taken more than a few steps he grabbed my arm and I was suddenly standing there, far too close to him. I cursed my traitorous body wanting to lean up against him. His smell was invading my senses, making the heat pool up in my core. No, no, no, I shouted at myself. I refused to let him affect me.“It would be hard to treat you like any other employee since you’re the only one here I’ve sunk deep inside while
Instead he had her working under him. That thought made his groin tighten once again. He really wanted her under him again. He wouldn’t take her until he was more under control, though. The whole point was to teach her a lesson for walking out on him, not falling for her all over again.Finn POV;I ran my hand through my hair in frustration at how easily she got to me. There was a knock at the door and then Annie walked in. I didn’t like her personally but she was a shark when it came to business and a good addition to my staff.She sauntered over to me, not quite able to control the fury in her eyes. “I thought we were going to be discussing everyone in the executive office who was going to remain on staff or be let go,” she said in her most seductive voice. It did nothing for me.“I’m assuming you’re talking about Ms. Gilbert,” I said.“Ms. Gilbert?” she asked in surprise. “Is she related to the previous owner?” she finished, losing some of her normally cool composure.“Yes, she’s
Finn POV:“Fine, we can do it your way but I’m not breaking my back to lug all these boxes over there,” she told me and then walked out the door with the stature of a queen, expecting her servants to follow behind her.Before I could stop myself, I felt a smile tug across my features. She was definitely hot when she was angry and she’d been angry since she had walked into my office. I was now looking forward to the incredibly drawn out afternoon.I grabbed several of the security guards to transport the boxes to my office. By the time they got everything over, my lunch arrived. I ordered plenty of food and offered some to Lilith, which she refused. I smiled at her stubbornness.“Can we please get started, I can’t stay late tonight,” she said to me.I was instantly irritated she was trying to assert her authority. I decided it was time to put her in her place. She was no longer the daughter of the boss. She needed to understand that quickly.“You need to realize during a restructu
Lilith's POV:“I’m so proud of you,” I exclaimed to my son.“Thanks Mom, I have to go back over with the team now,” he said, as he practically danced back over towards his teammates. i’d love to go back to being a kid, carefree and excited so easily. my stomach clenched as she thought about the excitement that rushed through her body when finn had stood so close to her.I pushed those thoughts out of her head. I was with my son now and wouldn’t think of Finn. I had to put up with him in the office but he wasn’t allowed to invade my private time. I sighed, as I realized how hard it was going to be to keep the man out of my thoughts when I had to work with him all day.Age had been far too good to the man. His boyish muscles had matured and when he'd taken off his suit jacket, exposing his wide shoulders and large biceps, she had to fight drooling. i'd once known his body as intimately as i knew my own and I missed the feel of his hands on me. I hadn’t had any man’s hands on me in