A week later I was meeting with a series of brokers hoping to convince me to make stock for Winters Group.
to put it bluntly it wasn't going well technically for any of us but more so them, but that was stock brokers especially the ones on Wall Street they were like this always wanting a little bit more.
"Mr. Winters other MNC's of similar size to yours all have stock, Apple, Amazon, Volkswagen Group".
"Do I look like any of the CEO's of those respective companies?" I ask standing and walking around my desk, to lean against it while white gripping the desk's lip.
"N-no" one says as I give each of them a cold look.
"Let me make this clear I have no interest in lining your pockets with the billions of dollars I have made this company worth, I know what the stock industry is like I operate several brokerages, and if I was interested in handing over control to the public on how much I get to be worth I would have a while ago. Instead I have done all of this through internal growth, and letting people know how wealthy I am just to become a possible target is not in my interest" I say calmly while my glacial tone all but made the four gentlemen in front of me run for the hills.
Then the door opened and I glanced up at Olivia crossing the room in a diamond patterned knee length dress that was mainly black with hints of grey and white amongst it.
"Sorry Mr. Winters for interrupting but this is urgent".
"What is it Ms. Thorne?" I exhale turning my attention to Olivia.
"It's about the current event" she says handing me a file that I put behind me on the desk, while one of the brokers eyes her from top to bottom.
"Take your eyes off her if you want to leave this building with your dignity intact" I warn as I focus on the four men sitting in front of me.
If murder wasn't illegal.
"She's Olivia Thorne correct, your other half?".
"Are you here for my money?" I muse flipping the question, and returning it to the focus of the meeting. "Because I think you are, what other reason would you come waltzing into my office, and suggesting that I reveal so much private information to the world, you all care about your pockets depth, then one of you decides it would be a good idea to undress my girlfriend with your eyes. What a scandal that would be Wall Street Broker loses it all after disrespecting COO of Winters Group. I can already see the headline" I smirk, knowing that I both terrify these men, and two put them both in a position to swallow their pride and leave.
"Leave all of you, you're all done here" Olivia states, and if I wasn't already smirking I would be now.
They all then let out a disgruntled groan and stood walking towards the door, as they slid out the door like the snakes they were I pressed a button on the phone on my desk.
"Make sure the stock brokers leave without issue, please" I say into the speaker that was connected to the security department.
I then let off the button and turned to Olivia who stood beside me.
"They asked if you wanted to make Winters Group stock I assume".
"Yes, and I honestly don't know how many times I have to say it to them all, this is a private company for a reason, and I already make people rich everyday".
"People will always want to leach off of your success, or those around you will be suspected of it".
"That's part of why I offered you the job as COO, I wanted you to not have that, and I knew that we could do anything together" I say looking down at her, then to the tight bun on the back of her hair.
"Were you cleaning before coming to my office bellissima?" I ask pointing to her hair.
"I came to clean out your office of the four people making you have to refrain from creating a homicide investigation in your office" she says and I just shake my head.
She knows me too well.
"There was going to be if the one that looked at you didn't leave within the next two minutes" I admit.
"Alright calm down Mr. possessive" Olivia laughs putting a hand on my arm while I looked over New York with them folded.
"Possessive?" I muse giving her a teasing look.
"You know that you are, you'd kill anyone who even looked at me" she says.
"If they look at you like you're an object of course I will want to kill them, you're a beautiful woman, and the angel who saved me".
"And I have to be here to balance the devil of New York".
"You are the rock that keeps me from doing the shit my instincts want me to do".
"Wouldn't be the first time".
"No, and it wouldn't be the first time you've seen me act on instinct, or the twelfth"
"Or the hundredth" she mutters with an amused smile.
"Yet you stop me before I actually commit to most of those" I point out walking across the room to the café area where I may or may not actually keep a stash of double smoked bacon breakfast sandwiches from Starbucks, all kept at a maintained condition for the week.
"Because I don't want you going to jail, you almost did once already".
I then let out a sigh thinking back to being sixteen and being apart of a gang in New York, which landed me in hot water and was also the period of my life I was most private about, having only told a total of six people about it.
"I won't go to jail, I know better then to do stupid things, speeding is just part of my recklessness, though my tickets as a result aren't exactly helping my case" I laugh taking one of the sandwiches and walking back to my desk.
"I'm still surprised your license hasn't been suspended yet".
"Because I pay my lawyer to have the tickets dismissed" I reply opening the package, "both of us in fact" sending a pointed look at Olivia.
She then shushes me, and I laugh. She could deny that she speeds but when you live in the same house as someone with supercars that should be an expected habit to pick up.
"Don't expose me".
"No promises Olivia, now I have work to do" I say taking the file she had given me and begin to look over it.
"I'll leave you to it" Olivia says turning and walking away towards the door to likely return to her own office.
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