of.
Consequently, she was still angry at him.
She buried herself in her magazine studiously, trying to ignore the way he chuckled at Leah's jokes. If the lawyer wanted him, she could have him. She was going to be too busy concentrating on how she was going to keep her father from converting the charitable company she'd worked hard to create back into a money-machine for his own private accounts. She didn't know if she'd be able to stand the sight.
Yet, as a secretary, she had little power unless she exploited the advice that Samson frequently sought from her. Just that morning he had sent her three different texts about rejecting ideas that the tech department had submitted to him. It was her father's paranoia acting up again. He was probably worried that Addy was somehow dredging up David's work and modifying it.
Quite the contrary, actually.
In the past few days, despite her demoted status, Adeline had been keeping Charlotte quite well-informed on what was going on in the tech department.
After removing a few fuses that threatened to burn out the devices, every single prototype that David had built was still perfectly functional. There was no need, really, for the company to be rid of them and lose all the money they'd poured into their development.
However, her father wouldn’t hear of keeping a single one. He might be greedy, but he was too paranoid over the potential harm the devices could cause the company to even consider the money that could be made. He'd ordered every single project to be locked in a vault and marked for termination.
His rash decision made Charlotte seethe.
The entire reason he'd cited for removing her from her CEO position was her carelessness when it had come to hiring David. Namely, it had been the billions of dollars she'd supposedly lost the company by devoting resources to devices that would be unusable.
But they still worked.
Mathers Incorporated could make all their money back, if only Emerson wouldn't be such a blind, pig-headed asshole. He was going to drive his precious company into the ground. That would please David most of all.
Sighing, Charlotte put down her magazine for a moment to gaze out of the window at the cloudless sky beyond. They'd left New York about two hours ago, which would make them halfway into their flight. For two more hours she'd have to sit next to David, pretending the smell of him didn't make her lightheaded and that she didn't feel his thigh against hers.
Embarrassingly, she found herself praying, above anything else, that her father had been wrong about him being part of their biological family. It was just because she couldn't stand the thought of him getting the last word when it came to anything, especially anything involving her personal life.
However, she suppose David wouldn't be part of her personal life anymore after this last joint venture. They'd part ways, and she'd have to watch him struggle to escape the charges her father was preparing to file against him. From what she'd heard from Addy, they were massive. If the Mathers Incorporated lawyer managed to get all of them to stick, David would be facing quite a long jail sentence.
And then what would happen to his mother?
David had called the nurse to look after her before they'd left, but all the while, mother and son hadn't made eye contact. From what little she knew about the woman's condition, it was obvious that she was severely detached from what went on around her. However, she was present enough to realize just how angry her son was at her for hiding such a large secret for so
Consequently, she was still angry at him.
She buried herself in her magazine studiously, trying to ignore the way he chuckled at Leah's jokes. If the lawyer wanted him, she could have him. She was going to be too busy concentrating on how she was going to keep her father from converting the charitable company she'd worked hard to create back into a money-machine for his own private accounts. She didn't know if she'd be able to stand the sight.
Yet, as a secretary, she had little power unless she exploited the advice that Samson frequently sought from her. Just that morning he had sent her three different texts about rejecting ideas that the tech department had submitted to him. It was her father's paranoia acting up again. He was probably worried that Addy was somehow dredging up David's work and modifying it.
Quite the contrary, actually.
In the past few days, despite her demoted status, Adeline had been keeping Charlotte quite well-informed on what was going on in the tech department.
After removing a few fuses that threatened to burn out the devices, every single prototype that David had built was still perfectly functional. There was no need, really, for the company to be rid of them and lose all the money they'd poured into their development.
However, her father wouldn’t hear of keeping a single one. He might be greedy, but he was too paranoid over the potential harm the devices could cause the company to even consider the money that could be made. He'd ordered every single project to be locked in a vault and marked for termination.
His rash decision made Charlotte seethe.
The entire reason he'd cited for removing her from her CEO position was her carelessness when it had come to hiring David. Namely, it had been the billions of dollars she'd supposedly lost the company by devoting resources to devices that would be unusable.
But they still worked.
Mathers Incorporated could make all their money back, if only Emerson wouldn't be such a blind, pig-headed asshole. He was going to drive his precious company into the ground. That would please David most of all.
Sighing, Charlotte put down her magazine for a moment to gaze out of the window at the cloudless sky beyond. They'd left New York about two hours ago, which would make them halfway into their flight. For two more hours she'd have to sit next to David, pretending the smell of him didn't make her lightheaded and that she didn't feel his thigh against hers.
Embarrassingly, she found herself praying, above anything else, that her father had been wrong about him being part of their biological family. It was just because she couldn't stand the thought of him getting the last word when it came to anything, especially anything involving her personal life.
However, she suppose David wouldn't be part of her personal life anymore after this last joint venture. They'd part ways, and she'd have to watch him struggle to escape the charges her father was preparing to file against him. From what she'd heard from Addy, they were massive. If the Mathers Incorporated lawyer managed to get all of them to stick, David would be facing quite a long jail sentence.
And then what would happen to his mother?
David had called the nurse to look after her before they'd left, but all the while, mother and son hadn't made eye contact. From what little she knew about the woman's condition, it was obvious that she was severely detached from what went on around her. However, she was present enough to realize just how angry her son was at her for hiding such a large secret for so
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