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CHAPTER 18 -YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY-SUMMER
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“Okay, that’s why I want to have the facts at my fingertips. I think they’re scamming families out of their businesses and changing the landscape of the industry. If my suspicions are correct, they’ve involved themselves in too many things. But they’re sending the families into chaos by setting the family members against each other before they attack the businesses. Look at it this way. If you must choose between saving the family business or saving the family relationship and dynamic, which would you choose? At least five companies here tonight have ended up in the gossip columns with their families exploding before the Mandela company takes their family companies over or they end in bankruptcy.” Summer tried to put some space between them, but Conner had her cornered. He could see how flustered she was.Conner studied failing businesses, but overlooked their connection to families. “How did you connect these things, Summer?” Conner had said little about his f
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Conner looked up unprepared to hear Gabriella’s angry voice. When did she enter? What did she hear? “How did you get in here?” He couldn’t believe this woman. “Why are you here?” “I came to ask why you didn’t follow me, but instead I find you pursuing your secretary.” Gabriella appeared nauseated by an odd smell. “Gabriella, how dare you make such claims here? You dare enter and make uninvited claims, forbidding me from following? That’s on you, Gabriella. I don’t come when I’m called or when you try to yank my chain.” Couldn’t believe her nerve. His father wanted him to date her. How could he do that? She looked like she needed serious mental help. Conner accused Summer of stalking, but he couldn’t prove she broke into a hotel suite. “That’s not the point Conner. This part of the suite is my space, and she’s invading it. She’s coming in here calling me names. No, I’m off the clock and no one does that to me.” Summer pushed past Conner a
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Summer shut the door behind Gabriella. “Damn it Summer, she didn’t tell me how she gained entrance to this suite.” Conner said. He complained because he now feared he’d wake up or enter his room to find Gabriella trying to pull something with him. Or trying to harm Summer. “Probably the same way any woman does.” Summer said to him. She sounded like she hated the kiss. But her reaction was nothing like her reaction to Joseph’s attempt at kissing her. “Now, let’s forget what happened before she entered. That was a mistake. We can’t progress with that obstacle.” Conner watched Summer as he tried to figure out why she said this. “You know how she did it? Then why don’t you tell me? Explain how she did it.” “Simple. She told a staff member that she belonged in the suite and her husband would kill her if he learned she’d left the suite. But she couldn’t get in again because she left her key inside. Then, to ensure the staff member said nothing
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Summer locked the door after Conner, cursing herself for speaking too much. Conner wasn’t an idiot; she knew he’d figure things out sooner rather than later. It amazed her; he didn’t call her out before this. She couldn’t work with him as Merina did. She needed to find an alternative way for the information. How would she do this, though? Should she leave right now? Try to sneak away and catch an early flight home? If he didn’t catch on to her identity, she could hide out and tell him she didn’t want to fly home with Gabriella and Joseph. But if he did, she wouldn’t be able to stay at her apartment. Summer knew she’d have to make herself scared for a while. Could she, do it? Could Merina live on the lam for several years? Summer knew she couldn’t wait around for that. She had to go to the airport and check upcoming flight destinations. Ana could help settle the things she had going on in town. She was packing the last of her
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When he stormed into Summer’s, no, Merina’s bedroom, Conner expected her to deny who she was. Or prove him wrong. Instead, she pulled off the stupid wig and dropped it at their feet. Her story had changed little at all, and she answered his questions with no resistance or a struggle. That didn’t mean he was any happier with the situation or her. He desired a solution to this issue. He didn’t want his father putting her in jail. Look at what she did and why. To show her father she was better than her idiot stepbrother, and then what? Abandon the company to their failings? What would that accomplish? He remembered how he’d needed patience with her back then, but now. Now she was pushing it. Conner took her suitcase and her purse. Hoping that would keep her from leaving while he retrieved his phone. With her baggage in his room, he called his father, with the bathroom doors open so he could see her. Suddenly, Conner didn’t trust her. He ope
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“Merina, go back into your room. Put your wig back on. I’m glad to see you didn’t cut your hair or dye it that hideous color. Let Conner and myself answer their questions first. You just listen and don’t you dare go off script?” No need for Ian to provide additional details about the threat. He didn't have time. “Alright, fine.” Merina didn’t appear happy to Conner. She seemed lost, unsure of which direction to take. “What about my father? Is it my responsibility to release him from jail? “One thing at a time, Merina. Now go do as I’ve instructed you.” His father said to Merina. His father’s voice took on a sterner tone as she resisted and questioned him. He stared at her with a stern look as she closed the door. Please open the door and invite them in.” “Dad, before I do. What are you planning on doing? How can you think that she’ll marry me? Or that I’ll want to marry her?” “Really? You’re my son. I know you and where you’v
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Merina listened in at the door. She couldn’t believe how Conner spun their situation. Nothing she said would help her situation and everything he said found traction with his father verifying it. How would her father react when officers spoke to him? This solved nothing if her father didn’t go along with it. A knock on her bedroom door startled Merina at one point and when she opened it, Merina found Conner there. “Are you up to speaking with the police officers, Merina?” She knew he didn’t mean, ‘are you able to speak to them?’ as in, did she feel too upset to speak? Conner’s intention was for her to adhere to the story, causing no trouble for anyone else. “Conner, you know this doesn’t help us. Fine, I’ll speak with them, but I don’t believe it’ll help us in the end. Everything we’ve worked for is now down the toilet and we won’t be able to recover it.” Merina played up her part as the temperamental scheming heiress. It wasn’t something she’d neve
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Jeff smirked as he followed Ana into the guest room. “What are you doing?” Ana said. Her tone demanded an answer as her eyes flashed with fury. “They told me to use this room. It’s not like we haven’t seen each other naked before. Live a little Ana.” Jeff caught Ana’s arm as she tried to leave. “Hey, you don’t want your friend and host to feel horrible, do you? We’re all adults here.” “Some more than others it seems.” Ana pulled her arm from his hand, but he didn’t step back. Jeff let his height give him the advantage. “It’s time to stop this, Ana. Sometimes I forget to drop the persona because people prefer it over the real me.” “I’ve always kept that I didn’t care for the persona or the job. You never got it, did you? I wasn’t dating you for others to see me with you. I didn’t see you for your money or your capabilities. Yet, you tell me you believe I’m lying to you. Fine, I have lied to you about two things. But only two t
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Ana watched the men come toward them. A worried woman trailed behind men ready for battle. “Ana, we need to talk.” Jeff said. “You need to hear me out.” He looked stern and foreboding when he said that. Joyce came around the men and tried to avoid notice or interrupting the drama. “Nice romantic setting. It’s a pity we can’t distract the gaggle of ganders behind him. They don’t need to see this.” Merina nodded, where she stood off to the side in Ana’s peripheral vision. “We didn’t plan this, but it’s like an Edwardian romance scene. This’ll become lost on them. I believe. They won’t see the chance to use it to their advantage.” She said, her voice was low to not interrupted Ana’s words. “Sad, I agree with you. It could have become a fond memory.” “Jeff, I don’t need that. You’ve made it clear that I filled gaps in your life, but there weren’t many. But heaven forbid that my time doesn’t align your schedule. Then I
