Purchased For Revenge
EVE sat in the wide, soft leather aeroplane seat, legs slanted gracefully to one side, flicking unseeingly through a copy of Vogue. There was only one other passenger in the private jet winging its way south over France towards the Côte d'Azur. Across the aisle her father was working through papers, a frown on his face, his jaw clamped tight.
His mood was grim, Eve knew. It had been growing grimmer ever since the takeover bid byAC International had been launched. At first her father had been contemptuous, sneering, but as one shareholder after another had started to look favourably on the bid, or succumb to the lure of the premium price AC International was offering for Hawkwood shares, his reaction had changed.
The takeover bid had become a battle. A battle her father was now taking to the man who had the audacity to try and wrest his company from him.
"When I come face to face with him it's got to look like nothing more than a coincidence," he'd barked at Eve. "If you're with me it will just look like a social occasion."
It was a familiar role for Eve to be required to play. The socially poised daughter, the charming gu ... read full excerpt from: Purchased for Revenge ebook
