2017 Christmas Coda: The Greek Tycoons
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Andreas replied, "He wants to own it."
"He's a control freak, like you."
Andreas shrugged. "He has three children and a legacy to leave them."
"What about your children?" Presumably if Andreas was ready to get married, he was looking forward to parenthood as well.
He had often said the only reason he would ever marry was to have a real family. Didn't he want a legacy for his own children?
"I'm thinking about going into venture capital investments."
"You've been watching that show again, haven't you?" she asked, referring to a favorite reality television show of his.
They'd watched the show about venture capitalists, who invested in and mentored startup businesses, together many times. Andreas prided himself on being able to guess which entrepreneurs were going to get multiple offers from the sharks and which would leave the "tank" without a single offer at all.
"As fascinating as all this is, we need to wrap this meeting up." Genevieve's voice grated in unwelcome reminder of her presence as she glanced at her designer watch. "I have another client meeting."
Really? Lots of super wealthy guys were looking for bride pimps? "How many clients do you take on at a time?"
"That is privileged information," Genevieve informed her haughtily.
But Kayla had spent most of her life in the foster care system. Haughty wasn't going to intimidate her. "Not with the kind of retainer you charged Andreas."
"I was under the impression you paid out of your personal account?"
Andreas' expression filled with annoyance. "Of course I did."
"Then, I do not see where this is any of your business." The matchmaker's condescending tone might have annoyed Kayla, but she had concerns much closer to her heart right now.
She stood on shaky legs. "You're right. It's not. In fact, I still don't know what the heck I'm doing here at all. If you're going to sell the company, my tiny minority percent isn't going to stop you. If you want to pay this woman more than a lot of people make in a year to find you some dates when I don't see you struggling for company now, that's none of my business."
The cold inside her grew with every word, but so did Kayla's resolve. "I do not appreciate being called away from my work for something you could have handled in a text." I'm hiring a matchmaker.
"You expected me to tell you I was selling the company in a text?" Andreas demanded, sounding shocked.
"I didn't expect you to sell the company at all, certainly not to tell me about it as a fait accompli in a meeting with a third-party." Dismissing Genevieve's presence, Kayla met Andreas' gaze. "But I'm realizing now I've been wrong about a lot of things."
He'd said this meeting was about the matchmaker. The selling of the company had come up as part of the discussion. Or, that was how it had seemed. But apparently, it had been part of his agenda all along.
Kayla turned on her heel and walked out of the office, the numbness spreading with the cold. She been like this a few times before in her life.
The day she realized her mom was not coming back. She hadn't spoken for two years after.
The day her foster mom died and she was placed in the first of another string of homes.
The day she realized Andreas wanted her for her programming skills more than her place in his bed, or even their friendship.
Andreas' personal assistant stood up as Kayla came out of the office. "Are you okay?"
She just shook her head.
"What's going on?"
"He's getting married." Kayla wasn't going to mention the possibility he was going to sell their company. After all, that wasn't supposed to have been the reason for the meeting.
"To her?" Bradley's eyes widened, his face going slack.
"She's the matchmaker."
Bradley laid his hand on Kayla's arm. "I'm sorry."
He didn't say anything else, but he'd been working for Andreas from the beginning. Other than Andreas, Bradley knew Kayla better than anyone else alive. Maybe better, because he'd realized the first year they worked together that she was in love with the oblivious Greek.
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