“Your father and your grandfather have already been told about the purchase agreement, and both of them are waiting for us at the family estate in Minnetonka.”

For the first time since he walked out of the elevator, Russell stopped dead in his tracks.

He could stare down fierce corporate competitors, but he knew what it meant when the family patriarch called an emergency meeting.

I glanced past his shoulder toward Rachel, whose shy smile was crumbling by the second.

“Oh, and be sure to bring Rachel along with you,” I added sweetly.

“Because your grandfather made it very clear that she needs to be in the room as well.”