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nly girl in

's club and it pleased me gre

when I became vice president though

its usual excitement. I leaned in and whispered. “Are you alright? Why hasn’t the meeting started already?” He didn’t meet my gaze. “I’m alright, and the

paid it no mind, my attention on my pho

rning, e

roz

t v

deeper yet,

turned to look at the one person who had managed to get Shane out of his usual joll

n Kn

reaking

eps like he was on a stroll, even when he knew perfectl

initely hi

ven though he was in a fucking suit, and his hair, damn his hair was still the usual mess I remembered… the kind that had made me want to reach out and ruffle them some more back when we

en I w

espite it being so long ago, or some other completely romantic shit. I don't know exactly what I was looking for, but suffice to say, it ne

red uneasily, which was weird, because

ess, seeing as you’re the only woman in the room and all.” His gaze shifted from me to Shane. “Now dad, is tha

a

o

as Shan

liev

mbarrassing high school encounter… hell I’d avoided him for the rest of sen

freaking icin

o

s the son

ally was a bi

ng made sens

irst time I'd seen him. Turns out he was the father of

ve to know this

pposed to be

pointed, and yet mostly pleased that he didn’t recognize me. A part of me wanted to proudly declare who I was, so he could see that I was no longer the na

ge

l of a sudden, I didn’t give two fucks if he was the bloody son of t

rted already? What’s one other person? We can still car

.” One of the directors calmly stated. Dylan sat down and I resigned m

with regards to the vi

Seeing Dylan again had totally wrecked the

a ticking t

to get everything

e very best at what you do. But your... uhm campaign

'm fucking good at my job... that, I’m capable of being vice president. My gu

ng me to shoot him a glare. “Look, no one is

your fucking opinion

ne

. I turned to face the board, breathing in deeply to calm

his glasses and nervously cleared his throat

ng wasn

ng to set me off. Now that I was paying more attention, I realised that no one else was speaki

was seriou

ed the bald man. “I'm l

ther person to be in competition with you, so the position could be gi

y hurt and betrayal only for a brief moment before a blank mask shifted

ne

nd didn't

ather-and-daughter clos

ing except a

inted Shane so much, and the old m

thing he could ha

y didn

obvious… it was literally screami

just had a problem givin

at satisfaction. To speak out

s bigger

it till now? Why raise my hopes up when you coul

ooking for a sui

ers

this was some kind

s a probability he wasn't going to be interested after all. W

get a hold of

like really gave him

im even more handsom

adversary th

daddy’s boy -who mind you, doesn't even work here- could be more qualified for t

ade me hesitate to work for my father in the first place. Simply because, y'all would just assume that any feat I managed to achi

ooke

be attracted to him again. I

nd then play the victim card. Perhaps, the fact that he didn't seem to recognize me was wh

the truth. It's practically inevitable, which is why I can't even begin to fath

ere manner, causing me to shudder inwardly. His eyes g

s going t

ou think,

ha-" One other member of the board tried to

r what you think of me, I'm a daddy's boy,

he dronin

anaged to rise so high, and in such a short period of time too. Does it mean th

ane roared. “You will not

to call me name

but this was a whole new level of low. I learnt something out of it though; that, that was what he thought about me. At least m

't showing it, my mind, my

eset, a reminder of why I h

ill a jer

be given a couple of months and a list of investors we'd like to partner wi

even a single person on the list, because that will be a hard

uage my fears. “Don't worry Brianna, it's nothing serious...

r a moment and le

of the board, Mr. Maloney this time. “Whoever fails to get the most investors

my

rting up over there, and granted; I could easily bring it to a level to be reckoned with, but I would have to up and le

w more than ever to

e done here?” I

firmed. “We'll forward the list

Have a good d

ylan, I smirked. “May