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And this time, no one would say her performance lacked passion
“Don’t do sory” Quinn McNeill tried to reason with his youngest brother as he strode beside hi Manhattan They’d shared a limo to Teterboro from the McNeill Resorts’ offices in ht to Eastern Europe to meet with potential investors didn’t leave for several hours He’d canceled his afternoon s just to talk sense into Cameron
“I’bone pea coat swinging open as if to say he had nothing to hide “Look at me Do I look upset?”
With his forced grin, actually, yes Thein blue eyes and dark hair But when Quinn said nothing, Ca to allow Gramps to dictate my life and move me around like a chess piece so that I can one day inherit a share of the family business Which I don’t really want in the first place except that he’s drilled loyalty into our heads and he doesn’t want anyone but a McNeill running McNeill Resorts”
Last week, Quinn, Cameron and their other brother, Ian, had all been called into their grandfather’s lawyer’s office for athat spelled out terms of a revised will that would split the shares of the olderthem The news itself was no surprise since the McNeill patriarch had pro theone on to develop their own business interests Malcolm McNeill’s apathetic only son had taken a brief turn at the company helm and proven hieted the next generation to inherit
None of them needed the prorandfather and felt the most pressure to buy into Malcolm McNeill’s vision for the future And the catch was, each of thee, with the share reverting to the estate if the e ended sooner than twelve months
Out of overinflated loyalty, Caht-unseen, after choosing her froer to wed Either that, or he was hoping a ludicrous trip to the altar would randfather realize what a bad idea this was and pro off
It had always been tough to tell with Cam For Quinn’s part, he was content to take a wait-and-see approach and hope their grandfather changed his ood health And he’d conveniently booked a trip to China after theit next to iue with him for at least a few more weeks
“Cam, look at it this way If it’s so important to Gramps that the company remain in family hands, he wouldn’t have attached this new stipulation” Quinn ignored the phone vibrating in his pocket as he tried to convince his brother of the point
“Gramps won’t live forever” Cameron raised his voice as a jet took off overhead “That will al document I don’t want the company to end up on the auction block for some investor to swoop in and divvy up the assets”
“Neither do I” Quinn’s coattails flapped in the gust of air from the nearby takeoff “But I’d rather try to convince the stubborn old ht backfire and create ”
“Who says , letting a match Ms Right on my own”
Cameron had a reputation as a playboy, a cheerful charmer ined and dined some of the world’s most beautiful women
Quinn shook his head “Since when have you tried looking for ful relationships?”
“I don’t want sole” Cameron scowled “Iwhat I can do for them”