Chapter 18

Andrew Blake

It has been one week and five days since I last spoke to her. I had her number, damn it, I knew it by heart, and I would have shared that information if we weren’t sitting across from each other at the table, with me staring Archer straight in the eye, trying to control my anger.

“You dare present this bid to our major stakeholders? What the hell were you thinking?” I held up the file to him.

“It was a decision made by the entire board of directors,” he replied nonchalantly. “Every time you sit here and act like you’re the boss, follow it up by getting some balls.”

My fists clenched tightly. Not only did he present this outrageous idea, but he also disseminated information to get people moving. I had to put a stop to this madness before it spiraled out of control on my watch.

“Getting some balls means you’re going to throw people out of their homes and jobs to build something else without consulting me? Yeah, right. I see w