Chapter 60

I watched him waddle off to the boardroom before I continued to my office. Now was the time to act like my father.

An idea popped in my head. I set a timer for fifteen minutes.

They were going to hate me anyway, I figured I might as well give them a reason to. I sat back in my chair, arms clasped in front of my chair, visualizing toothless dogs barking at me, as I waited for the timer to run out.

Suddenly, my door was forced open. My body moved on its own, diving off my chair to the floor with a resounding thud.

“Oh, you're here? The board members are getting impatient.”

I picked myself up from the floor, heart pounding, and glared at Jesse.

“What the hell?”

He came over to help me up.

“Are you okay? What–”

“What do you think? There's someone out there who actually wants me dead and you just barge in like that?”

I snatched my arm from him once I got to my feet.

“Sorry,” he said with a straight face.

My heart was going at a million beats a minute. Good. Just what I needed for the meeti