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I scroll through my contacts to call Jordan’s cell. I’d rather not have to call the office.
“Zane, how’s it going?”
“Not good. I have a major problem, and it’s a delicate situation that I need your assistance with.”
“You want to tell me what this is about?”
“Not over the phone. Can I come to your office?”
“Come to the penthouse. It’s private, and Emma is watching the kids at Lexi’s.”
“I’ll be there in half an hour.”
I’m sitting in the living room in Jordan’s penthouse, waiting for him to fix himself and me a vodka rocks. He hands it to me as he comes into the area and sits on the opposite couch.
“What’s going on? You seem pretty shaken up.”
“Fucking Declan Blair.”
“What’s that asshole done now?”
I raise my eyebrows. “You know his tactics?”
“I’ve been on the shit side of them before. The guy is a shifty shady bastard. I don’t like him even with all his charm. He’s dangerous.”
“He’s trying to end Eltech. I worked hard to get my company where it is, and he seems intent on dismantling it piece by piece, starting with stealing my programmers.”
“Declan Blair was born with a silver spoon up his ass despite his claims of a self-made billionaire. He used daddy’s money and connections to get where he is. He isn’t like you and me. I did have some help from my stepfather, but I got my company up and running with hard work,” Jordan says.
“I can’t afford to lose my company. I have many employees counting on me. They have families to support.”
“Blair acts like this when he has a personal issue with someone. He’s a vindictive fuck. What did you do to him? Sleep with his wife,” he chuckles.
My face is stoic, and I look at the floor.
“You fucking slept with Lana?”
“It’s a long story, and she wasn’t his wife yet.”
Jordan takes a big gulp of his drink, “I have time. Tell me the story.”
I’ve been a business associate to Jordan and a friend for several years. I hope he doesn’t think less of me when I tell him what I’ve done. I tell him everything, leaving out the part where Lana almost killed herself by mixing pills and alcohol. I don’t want to tarnish her reputation. He whistles after I finish.
“So, you slept with her while he was away.”
“He found out somehow. Whether she told him or he found out some other way, he knows. He has it in for me.”
“I would kill you if you slept with Emma, so I know what he’s feeling.”
“But that’s the thing; he has a side dish that he’s keeping in Manhattan somewhere. He’s been cheating on Lana all along, and isn’t it hypocritical of him to be angry for her doing the same? He should have been there to take care of her.”
“Are you fucking kidding? He has a huge ego. He can’t have a guy winning over him. He cheated on his first and second wives and who knows about the third. He has no integrity, and I would never get into bed with him in business. He tried to collaborate, but I turned him down. The last thing I need is my reputation in the business world soiled by Declan The Asshole Blair.”
“Jordan, I need help. What am I going to do?”
I watch as he strokes his chin, and then I see a sly smile come over his face.
“I think I’ve got an ace in the hole.”
