Risking it

Nina's POV

Something ignited in my head while I tried to think about what he had said, a merger wasn't right. A merger would give both equal power, but on the inside, it might not be what I was thinking.

Flipping my head to the side, I stared hard and long at him, he could see that I was having doubts, he was quaking underneath the table, so I knew, but still, I couldn't bring myself to ask what exactly brought up that thought in him.

“ No,” I answered. His brows kissed, like he hadn't been expecting my answer.

“ No?”

“ A merger isn't something I want to do to my company, it has not been in my mind, and it is never going to be” I answered defiantly.

A chuckle rocked off his throat, smoothening his shoulder, which had been tight-knit.

“ Even when the company’s stocks keep depleting? Come on, you know that is the only feasible thing, and you should think about it”

If thinking about it was what he wanted, I was certainly not going to do so. It sounded like he had a motive, which wa