(Derek)
I didn’t waste any time after Aaron left. I knew he was going to try to sabotage the deal, so I pulled out my phone and scheduled a meeting with the owner. I needed to get ahead of this before Aaron could screw things up any more than he already had.
The owner of the Westbrook Towers, Vincent Hargrove, was one of the richest men in America.
A self-made billionaire in his fifties, he was a name everyone in the business world knew and feared. He was known for being ruthless with anyone who crossed him, and people walked on eggshells around him. But somehow, I’d earned his respect over the years. That’s the only reason he’d entrusted this prime property to me.
When I walked into his office later that afternoon, the tension in the room hit me immediately. Vincent sat behind his ma
