For What Its Worth...Lust

Rocky

"You're a fucking idiot." Nick says to me as we stare at the stack of books on my desk.

"You should have heard how she was talking to me with that little smirk on her face. I wasn't going to let her win."

"And this is winning?" Nick says pointing at the book.

"With her. Anytime I shut her up is a win."

"You know there are way more effective ways to shut a girl's mouth. Maybe she was right about you needing pointers."

"If I didn't occasionally need you, I would end you right where you stand."

Nick ignored me because he knew I would never follow through. I will probably never say this to him because he would never let it go but he's my best friend and the only reason I am able to keep my sanity some days.

He reaches for one of the books and flips it over to read the back.

"What are you doing?"

"What I like a good spicy book on occasion. Besides, I have heard some of the ladies at the main house saying good things about this book."

And he called me a fucking idiot. "I'm not even going to reply to that because it feels like I'm going to get answers to questions I don't even want to ask."

Nick just shrugs his shoulders as if he didn't just tell me he reads porn.

" Wait, why did you give me all that shit when you saw me reading then."

"Dude, I haven't seen you read a book in years. And then all of sudden you buy a bunch and it's all smut. You got it so bad for that girl she got you to buy romance books."

"She got me doing nothing. I bought these to prove a point."

"That point being that you are in love with her."

"I am done having this idiotic conversation. Did you get any information about what is on the drive? Or about the possible mole?"

"Okay so I guess we are putting a pin in that. Will circle back next meeting."

I glared at him hoping he read me.

"To answer your question, No I didn't find out what was on the drive. I asked around as much as I could without alerting your dad but it seems that the only person that really knows what is on the drive is your dad and whoever he was selling it to."

"Fucking Great."

"The possible mole problem,however, I think I might have a few suspects. Nothing concrete yet but I have been hearing some things. Let me get confirmation and then I'll let you know so we can handle it."

"Good keep me updated."

"What are you going to do about the drive?"

"Hell if I know! This whole shit is ridiculous. Who doesn't have a back up? That's like mafia 101. And why won't Dad just tell me what's on this drive so I can put the necessary team that is required depending on the threat level. For all I know that drive could have anything from priceless art to my grandma's special carbonara recipe. How the hell am I supposed to run an organization if he can't even trust me with basic information."

"Yeah Yeah, your dad sucks. Get over it dude. However if you still want to sulk you can do it in the car. You have a meeting at the office in 2 hours."

"What is this meeting about anyway?" I grab my suit coat off the back of my chair and put it on.

"Something with the shareholder but i can check with your assistant."

I button the last button on the coat and start walking toward the door. Nick follows me.

"Please do and ask him to send any notes that may be important for the meeting."

"On it."

We get in the car and drive away. I pull out the tablet and start trying to come up with a contingency plan based on how dangerous the information on that drive is.

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"I think that everything we want to cover in Q2 and what we expect from Q3. The meeting notes will be sent out by EOD tomorrow.If you have any question, please feel free to reach out to me or Ryan in accounting. Enjoy the rest of your day."

Finally, I thought I was going to cut off my own ear if I was going to have to keep listening to his voice. I stood up to get ready to go to my office so I can finish my task for today and go home, When one of the stakeholders stopped me.

"Hi, Charles Rothschild. I'm a friend of your farthers.We briefly spoke at your introduction meeting."

"Yes, Mr. Rothschild. How are you?"

"Fine. You know checking the stocks and working on my golf swing. I just wanted to see how you're settling into your new role as CEO. You know because you have never had any job with the company. Or ever." He says it with a kind smile but his tone is condescending as if I feel like I don't deserve this position that he thinks was just handed to me. But if he really knew anything about my Father, you would know he doesn't do handouts ever.

"It's been going ecstatically. Thank you so much for your concern. Now if you excuse me. I have another appointment soon. It was nice to see you again Mr. Rothschild. Maybe I'll see you on the grass." Without letting him get another word in I walk out the conference room and to my office.

I walk straight into my office to see Nick sleeping on my couch by the wall. I'm honestly not surprised that he's sleeping. It has been pulling as many if not more all night as me trying to solve this drive problem.

I decide that I will let him sleep till I finish signing all these documents that need approval. I start going through my email and replying back to the most urgent ones. Then I turn my attention to the stack of papers that need to be read and signed. I do this for what feels like hours. Just reading through documents and signing on the dotted lines. I only look up when my phone dings and I see a text from one of my guys that I have staking out Persphone place . I immensely stand up and walk to NIck.

"Wake up. We gotta go."

"Huh. What what happened?" Nick says still dazed from being woken from his slumber.

"We gotta go. It seems that someone broke into Persephone's apartment."