find Janae.
Matt tugged his cell phone from his pocket and pulled up email. In his agitation, his fingers moved rapid fire over the keys. Seconds after he sent the missive, his grandmother’s cell phone dinged, and she checked it. Her gasp let him know she got is message.
“You can’t be serious, Matthew. Think about what you’re doing. Is this woman worth it?”
“Let me see,” Kyler said, and he read aloud. “This email will serve as my official resignation from my position as president of marketing. From this day forward, I am breaking all financial ties to the company. That means you will be hearing from my lawyer and accountant to settle properties wherein I hold joint stocks… Matt, you can’t mean any of this. You’re being too rash. Wait a day and think about the best course.”
Matt ignored Kyler and focused on his grandmother. “When my grandfather died and you took over his business, I followed you without question because you’re a brilliant businesswoman. However, you’re also heartless. You don’t give a fuck about me or Kyler.”
“That’s not true.” She pressed a hand to her chest as if she would faint. Matt refused to fall for it. Margaret was strong until it suited her means to play the old delicate lady role. Too bad she wasn’t good at it.
“You ignored Kyler and me as long as Granddad was alive. When he died, you started taking control, and I realized he stood between you and us all that time. I sometimes wondered how I would have turned out had our parents lived instead of dying in that plane crash. Doesn’t matter. I’m okay with the man I am.”
“You’re a good man,” she tried, but he waved her off.
“I know how you and Kyler see me, and I don’t care. What I am is not stupid. I invested in the company under my own company name, one that I own and has no connection to you.”
Margaret’s eyes turned colder, and she stood straight. “You don’t think I knew that?”
“Of course you did. I wasn’t hiding it. What it means is I don’t have to depend on you for my livelihood. I’m wealthy in my own right, but I no longer want to get funds from your company. You’ll hear from my lawyer to buy my stock.”
“Matthew.” She started to move toward him, but Kyler held her back. “Don’t do this, son.”
“I’m not your son,” he spat. “I’m going to find Janae. I’m going to hear from her lips that she doesn’t love me, and if I’m convinced she doesn’t I’ll let her go. But if there’s the smallest chance she cares, I will nurture that feeling until she loves me. Then I’ll make her my wife, and I dare either of you to get in my way. You will spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
Matt left the office without looking back and was soon behind the wheel of his car and speeding down the highway. His next stop would be Janae’s father’s company. He knew where it was because he had picked her up on several occasions when she ran late at work. While he sputtered about hope and his plans to seduce Janae, a knot formed in his stomach, ripping him apart, and making him fear she was lost to him.
He slammed a fist on the steering wheel, and the horn blasted the unsuspecting driver in front of him. The person beelined for the right lane, and Matt sped by. “I will find her!”
A short while later, he parked outside Wilson Renovation Services. The door to the office banged the wall, making the secretary jump. He hadn’t meant to use so much force. Monique looked at him with eyes wide, and it was obvious by her frightened expression she knew why he was there.
“Janae isn’t—”
“I’m looking for Allen Wilson,” he interrupted.
She looked him up and down, a slight curl to her lip. “He’s not here either.”
“Where is he?”
“Look, Mr. Foust, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t come barging in here acting all—”
He approached her desk, and she scooted her chair back until it hit the wall. Matt leaned on the desk with both
Matt tugged his cell phone from his pocket and pulled up email. In his agitation, his fingers moved rapid fire over the keys. Seconds after he sent the missive, his grandmother’s cell phone dinged, and she checked it. Her gasp let him know she got is message.
“You can’t be serious, Matthew. Think about what you’re doing. Is this woman worth it?”
“Let me see,” Kyler said, and he read aloud. “This email will serve as my official resignation from my position as president of marketing. From this day forward, I am breaking all financial ties to the company. That means you will be hearing from my lawyer and accountant to settle properties wherein I hold joint stocks… Matt, you can’t mean any of this. You’re being too rash. Wait a day and think about the best course.”
Matt ignored Kyler and focused on his grandmother. “When my grandfather died and you took over his business, I followed you without question because you’re a brilliant businesswoman. However, you’re also heartless. You don’t give a fuck about me or Kyler.”
“That’s not true.” She pressed a hand to her chest as if she would faint. Matt refused to fall for it. Margaret was strong until it suited her means to play the old delicate lady role. Too bad she wasn’t good at it.
“You ignored Kyler and me as long as Granddad was alive. When he died, you started taking control, and I realized he stood between you and us all that time. I sometimes wondered how I would have turned out had our parents lived instead of dying in that plane crash. Doesn’t matter. I’m okay with the man I am.”
“You’re a good man,” she tried, but he waved her off.
“I know how you and Kyler see me, and I don’t care. What I am is not stupid. I invested in the company under my own company name, one that I own and has no connection to you.”
Margaret’s eyes turned colder, and she stood straight. “You don’t think I knew that?”
“Of course you did. I wasn’t hiding it. What it means is I don’t have to depend on you for my livelihood. I’m wealthy in my own right, but I no longer want to get funds from your company. You’ll hear from my lawyer to buy my stock.”
“Matthew.” She started to move toward him, but Kyler held her back. “Don’t do this, son.”
“I’m not your son,” he spat. “I’m going to find Janae. I’m going to hear from her lips that she doesn’t love me, and if I’m convinced she doesn’t I’ll let her go. But if there’s the smallest chance she cares, I will nurture that feeling until she loves me. Then I’ll make her my wife, and I dare either of you to get in my way. You will spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
Matt left the office without looking back and was soon behind the wheel of his car and speeding down the highway. His next stop would be Janae’s father’s company. He knew where it was because he had picked her up on several occasions when she ran late at work. While he sputtered about hope and his plans to seduce Janae, a knot formed in his stomach, ripping him apart, and making him fear she was lost to him.
He slammed a fist on the steering wheel, and the horn blasted the unsuspecting driver in front of him. The person beelined for the right lane, and Matt sped by. “I will find her!”
A short while later, he parked outside Wilson Renovation Services. The door to the office banged the wall, making the secretary jump. He hadn’t meant to use so much force. Monique looked at him with eyes wide, and it was obvious by her frightened expression she knew why he was there.
“Janae isn’t—”
“I’m looking for Allen Wilson,” he interrupted.
She looked him up and down, a slight curl to her lip. “He’s not here either.”
“Where is he?”
“Look, Mr. Foust, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t come barging in here acting all—”
He approached her desk, and she scooted her chair back until it hit the wall. Matt leaned on the desk with both
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