Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 23393 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23393 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
“Hello, Mr. Raven,” she says with a sexy little smile as she turns in her seat and looks at me.
God, I love her. My obsession with this beauty has only grown over the past two weeks. It’s rooted deep in me now. I don’t think it will ever go away.
“Miss Black,” I say, grinning at her.
“I remember you,” my older brother Oscar says as he points at her. “You’re from that strange company with all of the weird models. What’s the name again? She’s The Beach?”
Kyra stares him down with narrowed eyes. “She’s The Sun.”
“Oh, right! That’s it.”
I take a deep breath, trying to calm the furious storm raging inside me as I stare at my idiot brother. “Oscar was just leaving.”
He tilts his head in confusion as he looks at me. “No, I wasn’t.”
“Yes, you were,” I say in a sharp tone while glaring at him. “I need you to supervise the mail room in the basement.”
He scoffs. “We closed that mail room over ten years ago. There’s nothing down there but rats and cobwebs.”
“And you’re going to go down there and supervise them. Now.”
My cousins and other siblings chuckle as he slams his hands on the desk and gets up like a sullen teenager who was just told to go to his room.
“This is bullshit,” he mutters as he shuffles out of the room with his shoulders slumped.
“Every family has a black sheep,” I say to our distinguished guest. “Please, don’t pay him any mind. We all know he’s an idiot.”
My sister Sadie laughs. “We actually love what you did with She’s The Sun,” she says as she leans over the table toward Kyra. “I love your products. I use them all!”
“It was Sadie who introduced She’s The Sun to me in the first place,” I tell her.
Kyra smiles at her. “Thank you so much.”
“Thank you,” she says. “After this meeting, I’d love to pick your brain over a coffee.”
“Definitely,” Kyra says, looking around at all of the smiling faces. “Does this mean that I’m not getting fired?”
“Fired?” I say, turning in my seat to face her. “You thought you were getting fired? All this time?”
She shrugs as those adorable cheeks blush a crimson color.
“You’re not here so we can fire you, Kyra,” I say. “You’re here so we can offer you a promotion.”
“A promotion? Really?!”
Everyone smiles at her from around the table. I told them my plan before the meeting (except for Oscar) and they were all on board with the new vision that Kyra is going to help bring to the beauty-related side of our portfolio. Well, that is, if she takes the job. That massive check her aunt gave her cleared, so she doesn’t need the money anymore.
But I know that my girl is driven by more than just money. This runs deeper for her. It’s her calling in life. That’s why she’s perfect for the job.
I love that she’s so driven. I adore her strength, resilience, and determination. She’s the most amazing person I’ve ever met.
I take a deep breath and turn to her. “We would like you to become the new director of The Hammerhead Group’s beauty-related division. You would be in charge of all eighteen companies. We would like you to take the natural beauty vision you had for She’s The Sun and bring it to all eighteen companies.”
Her mouth opens as she stares at me in shock.
“What do you think?” Sadie asks.
“I think, hell yeah!” Kyra answers with a huge smile.
Fuck, yes! She’s going to be working here in the office with me every single day. We’ll be able to drive in together, go out for lunch every day, and I’ll be able to see her whenever I want. It will be perfect.
“But if I’m going to do it,” she says with determination in her voice. “I want to do it my way.”
“No one will interfere with your vision,” I promise her. “It will be yours to run however you see fit. All of the CEOs will answer directly to you.”
She folds her hands onto her lap and leans into my ear. “Did you tell them?” she whispers.
“Tell us what?” Sadie asks.
“We’re together,” I tell them.
“What do you mean?” Sadie asks. “Like together together?”
I grab my girl’s hand, thread my fingers through hers, and put our clasped hands on the table. “I’m in love with this woman,” I tell them. “I’m marrying her one day.”
They all look to Kyra for confirmation. She’s smiling shyly as she shrugs her shoulders. “It’s true.”
It’s no longer a business meeting, but a family celebration as everyone bursts out of their chairs and comes over to congratulate us.
“I’ve been trying to set him up for so long!” Sadie says as she hugs me. “We’re definitely getting that coffee now!”
“Okay!” she says with a big grin. “Let’s do it!”