Synergy: New Adult Romantic Suspense (U-District, #1) by Jodi Ashland Page B
Authors: Jodi Ashland
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more ammunition why she shouldn’t be running the company. Resigned, Jade dialed Professor Murti’s number.
A woman answered. “Hello?”
“This is Jade Buchanan. I’m supposed to meet with Professor Murti this morning.”
“I’m afraid my husband is in the hospital.”
“What? Is he okay?”
“He was run off the road by a drunk driver last night. He’s out of surgery in intensive care.”
It took Jade a moment to comprehend and formulate a response. “I’m so sorry.”
“Pray for him.”
“I will. Please let me know if there is anything I can do.”
“He is in God’s hands now.”
Jade turned off the ignition. The car was still sitting in the garage. Her hands were shaking and tears welled in her eyes. She had bad, bad karma. Everything around her was falling apart. She leaned her head against the back of the seat and closed her eyes.
Could anything else possibly go wrong?
CHAPTER 12
TIMOTHY ALMOST DIDN’T PICK UP when he saw the call was from Jade. All she’d been doing since the management meeting last week was getting into other people’s business. Top that off with losing a laptop when the company was already having financial trouble.
“Hi, Timothy, I was hoping to meet with you and your team sometime today.”
“I’m rather busy, Jade. Why do you want to meet with my people?”
“I’d like to understand the issues they’re having with product delivery and quality.”
He gritted his teeth. Who does this girl think she is? That was his area of responsibility. “We have everything under control.”
“If that were true, we wouldn’t be having these issues.”
He gripped the phone hard enough to make his fingers hurt. “Are you blaming me for our financial problems?”
“Of course not. I just want to understand how this business is being run.”
“I’ve been here a long time, Jade. I know what I’m doing.”
“I don’t doubt that.”
Right. “I’d prefer it if you let me run my departments the way I see fit.” He pressed two fingers to the bridge of his nose.
“And I’d prefer it if you’d let me run my company the way I see fit. Since you don’t have time in your schedule, I’ll have Roz schedule time with your team and I’ll work with them directly.”
“Have you talked to Stan about this?” He leaned back in his chair.
“I don’t need anyone’s approval.”
Holy shit, the girl was going around everyone, including Stan. “Fine. Is that all? I have things I have to take care of.”
“Yes, that’s all.”
Timothy hung up on her. The girl had gall. But what did he expect? She was typical of her generation, all of them loaded with body piercings and an absolute disregard for their elders. He’d been raised to respect his seniors.
She comes in calling everyone by their first names and has no regard for company titles. And worse, she thinks being CEO means she can do whatever she wants.
Someone needed to stop the bitch. He’d spent years of hard work and determination working his way up the organization. Hell, he’d even taken golf lessons for two years so that he could impress Stan and Gloria’s husband, when he found out they played golf every Wednesday. He’d started as a manufacturing engineer, then took over as manager and later took other departments when they’d needed someone to fill in. Now he was in charge of not only Manufacturing, but also Purchasing, Inventory Control, Shipping and Receiving, and IT.
Stan should be CEO, with me by his side. Stan had set him up rather nicely, and he wasn’t going to let some young know-it-all from a fancy college come in and ruin everything.
And Gloria, damn her. She’d been so shortsighted that her only consideration had been keeping the company in the family. He’d really expected more out of her. And on top of it, she chose Bryce to be COO. He still couldn’t believe Gloria had passed him over for someone new to the ranks. Not that Bryce was doing a bad job; he brought
A woman answered. “Hello?”
“This is Jade Buchanan. I’m supposed to meet with Professor Murti this morning.”
“I’m afraid my husband is in the hospital.”
“What? Is he okay?”
“He was run off the road by a drunk driver last night. He’s out of surgery in intensive care.”
It took Jade a moment to comprehend and formulate a response. “I’m so sorry.”
“Pray for him.”
“I will. Please let me know if there is anything I can do.”
“He is in God’s hands now.”
Jade turned off the ignition. The car was still sitting in the garage. Her hands were shaking and tears welled in her eyes. She had bad, bad karma. Everything around her was falling apart. She leaned her head against the back of the seat and closed her eyes.
Could anything else possibly go wrong?
CHAPTER 12
TIMOTHY ALMOST DIDN’T PICK UP when he saw the call was from Jade. All she’d been doing since the management meeting last week was getting into other people’s business. Top that off with losing a laptop when the company was already having financial trouble.
“Hi, Timothy, I was hoping to meet with you and your team sometime today.”
“I’m rather busy, Jade. Why do you want to meet with my people?”
“I’d like to understand the issues they’re having with product delivery and quality.”
He gritted his teeth. Who does this girl think she is? That was his area of responsibility. “We have everything under control.”
“If that were true, we wouldn’t be having these issues.”
He gripped the phone hard enough to make his fingers hurt. “Are you blaming me for our financial problems?”
“Of course not. I just want to understand how this business is being run.”
“I’ve been here a long time, Jade. I know what I’m doing.”
“I don’t doubt that.”
Right. “I’d prefer it if you let me run my departments the way I see fit.” He pressed two fingers to the bridge of his nose.
“And I’d prefer it if you’d let me run my company the way I see fit. Since you don’t have time in your schedule, I’ll have Roz schedule time with your team and I’ll work with them directly.”
“Have you talked to Stan about this?” He leaned back in his chair.
“I don’t need anyone’s approval.”
Holy shit, the girl was going around everyone, including Stan. “Fine. Is that all? I have things I have to take care of.”
“Yes, that’s all.”
Timothy hung up on her. The girl had gall. But what did he expect? She was typical of her generation, all of them loaded with body piercings and an absolute disregard for their elders. He’d been raised to respect his seniors.
She comes in calling everyone by their first names and has no regard for company titles. And worse, she thinks being CEO means she can do whatever she wants.
Someone needed to stop the bitch. He’d spent years of hard work and determination working his way up the organization. Hell, he’d even taken golf lessons for two years so that he could impress Stan and Gloria’s husband, when he found out they played golf every Wednesday. He’d started as a manufacturing engineer, then took over as manager and later took other departments when they’d needed someone to fill in. Now he was in charge of not only Manufacturing, but also Purchasing, Inventory Control, Shipping and Receiving, and IT.
Stan should be CEO, with me by his side. Stan had set him up rather nicely, and he wasn’t going to let some young know-it-all from a fancy college come in and ruin everything.
And Gloria, damn her. She’d been so shortsighted that her only consideration had been keeping the company in the family. He’d really expected more out of her. And on top of it, she chose Bryce to be COO. He still couldn’t believe Gloria had passed him over for someone new to the ranks. Not that Bryce was doing a bad job; he brought
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