The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 51
Fiona
It did not take long before I realized exactly what my coworker had meant when he told me that this project would be impossible to get off the ground.
The concept behind the project was simple. Our biggest client, a real estate developer, had all the resources in place to support a rapid expansion into the residential housing market. The only problem was a competitor that was leasing similar properties at unbeatable rates.
and sipping tea absentmindedly while clicking around online, looking for information about the rival development firm when, suddenly, a familiar face was smiling up at me from the screen.
gning queen.
r’s vicious father.
n my mind, and wound up briefly choking on my tea as a result. Once I caught my breath, I continued r
on. The further I researched, the more connections I found. All roads led back to Scarlet. She had a nearly complete monopoly on the industry.
hened up. Began to tidy up all my work clutter. All the while, thinking…
when my new job was requiring me to start a war with a powerful woman who already viewed me as an enemy.
concern. He reached out for my hand and gave it a squeeze.
’m fine.” I smiled, enjoying the warmth of his touch and relaxing my hand into his. “It’s just
y. “You don’t need to apologize,” he sa
s something interesting I wanted to tell you about… about your stepmother.”
ng him to be more alarmed, I guess, at the mention of Scarlet. But he looked as cool as ever, and even, strangely, almost disinterested.
for a share of the market that she’s currently dominating.”
“She will not be an easy opponent to challenge.”
on it. “I have only just begun my research, but her company’s profit margins seem tremendous. Competing with their rental rates will be our greatest challenge. I will have to figure out how they’re keeping their building costs so low.”
tted, “I have no idea.”
s question all that evening, and all throughout the following day as well.
oing to figure out what Scarlet and her compan
as simply get started. Research, resea
all the time. I wrote out a reply promising we’d hang out soon, but then deleted it slowly, thinking about my project. I simply had to devote
er back: The next month is going to be a beast for me. I’ll have to keep yo
alright?
nt, missing my best friend. I was grateful for her concern. I reassured Nina I was okay, then silenced my phone and flipped it over. And went right back to work typing search queries quietly under the dim blue glow of my lapt
everything I could about my competitor, from the founding of the company to every detail of their current public records, and everything in between.
tch-dark sky and distant city lights beyond the wall of windows made it feel more like night than morning. Most of the floor was dark, but light and sound from Conrad’s corner office told me that my boss was also here early.
learned, the more my mind was desperate for an answer to the question of how Scarlet’s company was making the kinds of profits they were reporting quarter over quarter for the past ten years. The numbers simply did not add up.
tors – to know about.
to business strategy or trade secrets. They were up to something. Something illegal.
oing to find out what it was.