Love me if you dare by Sabel Simmons Read Free Book Online

ago for a short while. Since then none of us
has seen her.  I am getting worried.”
    “There is nothing to worry about,
son.  She went back to New York this morning to …”
    “What!  She is not going to accept the
shares?”
    “I did not say that.  She is …”
    “Then what are you saying?  Damn it,
Jamie, wher …”
    “If you will damn well stop
interrupting me, maybe I will be able to tell you!”
    Nicolas clamped his mouth shut after
apologizing once again.
    “You have to remember that she is a
partner in a business over there, Nicolas, a life of her own.  It is not
something she can just close off and forget overnight.”
    “Do you have her address?”
    “Now, why would you want her add … you
are not going over there, Nicolas!  Leave her be to make her decision in her
own time.”
    Nicolas however, was not someone to
sit around and wait for things to happen.  He made them happen, and Jamie knew
this very well. Therefore he was not surprised when Nicolas shot his next
demand over the phone.
    “What is the company’s name?  You can
save us all a lot of time, Jamie.  One way or the other, I will find out.”
    Jamie sighed heavily, opened a folder
on his computer and emailed it to Nicolas.
    “I’ve just send you a business card
with all her business details.  But I warn you, Nicolas.  Do not bully her into
anything!  She has to do this of her own free will!”

Chapter Five
 
    ProcMerge
Consulting Services were situated on 446 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Manhattan,
the global center of finance, culture, fashion and media, harnessed a workforce
of over two million people. Regionally, Manhattan was the business hub for the
New York metropolitan area, with commuters entering the city every morning from
the other four boroughs, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, Western Connecticut,
and Long Island, and distant locations, such as Eastern Pennsylvania.  The
workforce of Manhattan was both growing and changing. There was a growing set
of high-income, service-related occupations, and an increasing number of
workers were residing in the outer boroughs or to the west, across the Hudson
River in New Jersey.
    This
was the main reason Charles and Samantha decided on this specific premises for
the business.  It was in the center of the business hub of New York, and easily
accessible to their staff.  Their subsequent success and growth in their first
years of establishment, was proof of the investment they made to start up in
such an expensive part of the city.  It also allowed them to set prime rates
for their services.  Services that has become so widely known and sought after,
that they opened branches in Australia and Europe.  Their next branch to open
was the intended merger with Crayon Solutions in South Africa.
    Samantha
had a very successful meeting with the shareholders of Crayon before she
returned to New York, and the conference call they just ended with them, was
cause for broad smiles and celebrations around the boardroom table.  Charles
pulled her from her chair and was exuberantly happy, hugging and kissing her. 
    “It
is all your to do!  If you did not bowl them over with your presentation when
you were there, we would not have been able to finalize the merger so quickly
and smoothly!”
    She
laughed and hugged him back, then stiffened when her eyes got caught and held
by a blazing blue fire on the other side of the boardroom window.  She watched
him shrug the hand of the secretary off that tried to prevent his entrance to
the boardroom, and strode towards the door without taking his eyes off her.
    She
pulled out of Charles’ arms moving quickly around the large table to intercept
him at the door, but she was too slow, and the next moment he stood in the
door.  Large, and in his fully muscled and gorgeous glory.
    “Nicolas,
what are you doing here?  How did you find me?”
    His
eyes narrowed dangerously on her, still totally ignoring the rest of the board
members in the room. Charles