The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 43

Alexander

My uncle came striding down the hallway from his office to where I waited in the lobby, smiling wide and extending his arms out. He was wearing a crisp, expensive gray suit with a bold, plum purple tie and matching pocket square.

“Nephew,” he said, pulling me in for a hug.

shed him a grin.

y men. Here, walk with me.” Conrad was always in a hurry, and I had only called him an hour ago to request an appointmen

ot as if he could refuse a meeting with me. I did, in fact, own fifty-one percent of the co

ivate rooftop deck.

thered lips. “What can I do for you, Alexander?”

th an ornate gold lighter. “I have a favor to ask of you,” I said.

ching it disperse into the wind.

the city.

She was the visionary behind it, the one who wrote the original business plan and owned the controller’s share of the company she operated alongside her brother.

as the ruling owner of the business. But Conrad and I were the only ones who knew this. And that was how it had to be.

to do all she could to make her own son the future king. I didn’t need her to know about all my assets, everything I had to lose. And Conrad was the public face of the company, anyway.

just left a high-ranking position at her father’s company.”

e railing.

conspire with him against me. In response, she cut ties with him completely, res

et out a low whistle. “And she told you

g past this question. Conrad would notice this, but he would not press me about it.

ansion project?”

his office, Conrad was pacing. “The expansion project, Alexander. Now

ther make or break us. And you want to hire your fiancée to take the lead on it?”

not just my fiancée.” I gave Conrad a stern look, reminding him to watch his tone.

ing her in your own home. But this? This company is your mother’s legacy.”

est truth.

job.

ed to swoop Fiona’s talents up before another firm had a chance to do so.

re she’s up for this project?”

“I

the blue sky, contemplating. “And do you have a plan for the inevitable roadblocks your stepmother will throw in our way once she finds out about it? She won’t be happy to find herself squaring off against Fiona, of all people. It migh

lk him through my decision.

to wage war against our family. It’s time for her to suffer the consequences.”

king slightly in his desk chair and chewing on a toothpick. “We cannot underestimate her, though. Scarlet is powerful.”

s to that.”

his mangled toothpick into a bin under his desk and met my eyes at last.

always meant to be. Scarlet dug her own grave when she opened her rival business, all those years ago. We just haven’t had the right opportunity to bury her in it yet. Fiona is that opportunity.”

gany desk, nodding resolvedly.

rt drafting the offer letter now.”