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"Thanks," I said. "I love this. Exchanging ideas with you, being a team."

He moved behind me, hugging me and kissing my cheek. "Thank you for sharing that with me," he said as he kissed my temple. He knew how monumental this was for me.

Chase kissed the lobe of my ear and then farther down to the side of my neck. He wasn't just kissing me with his lips but also the tip of his tongue. I knew he'd reached the limit of his self-control. I shimmied my ass across his crotch and felt him get hard.

"I think we've been on our best behavior for long enough, huh?" I asked.

He growled in my ear, and I felt the reverberations through my body. It was such a sexy, primal sound that I nearly lost my sense of time and space. "You read my mind."

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chase

Over the next few days, I couldn't stop thinking about what Hannah told me. She needed an investor. Finding one wasn’t easy. That was why I was playing with a dangerous idea. Still, as long as I didn't act on it, everything was going to be fine.

Then, on Wednesday, I gave in and called my brothers into the meeting room. They were my sounding boards. They were going to tell me if this was completely crazy and I should back down. In fact, I was hoping they'd tell me that, because there was no stopping me otherwise.

I’d sent them an email, asking them to join me at eight o’clock. Most employees didn’t come until nine. I didn’t want to attract attention.

Knox, Finn, and Wyatt arrived first.

"Dude, you've got to include more details in your emails," Wyatt said. "Want me to have a heart attack or something?"

Griffin and Duncan came in then.

"What's this about?" Griffin asked.

"Yeah, why are you making us work overtime?" Knox asked.

"You better have a good reason," Wyatt grumbled.

“I do,” I replied.

“Fuck,” Duncan exclaimed. “What’s the issue? It can’t be related to the SEC. Cyrus is on top of that.”

The SEC was requesting documents in their investigation, but I wasn’t involved in that at all. Cyrus had insisted on taking the lead.

"There isn't any crisis. There's no issue," I said.

"Then what the hell are we doing here?" Knox asked.

"I need your opinion on something, and I figured I'd ask you before everyone got here."

"Why not just go out for a drink?" Wyatt asked. He was visibly more relaxed now.

"It didn’t occur to me," I admitted. "I’ve had something on my mind for a few days, and I wanted to run it by you."

Finn grinned. "Are Mom and Dad up to some shit again?"

"It's not about them," I replied. "So, you all know Hannah is in financial trouble."

"Yeah. That's why she took the job," Duncan said, frowning.

"Exactly. Anyway, she's looking for an investor."

“A silent partner, maybe?" Griffin asked.

I smirked at him. "You already gave it some thought."

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