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herself with a smile.
    The group told her that they would think it over and if any of them wanted to make an offer to invest with her then they would call her within forty-eight hours. Sophia thanked them kindly, but inside she was a nervous wreck. Forty-eight hours? Why did it take so long to let someone know that you were going to crush their dreams?
    Sophia packed up her presentation materials and began to exit the board room. She was feeling a migraine coming on and she felt like a Netflix binge and a box of chocolates were just the thing to take away the stress of the day.
    She left the office reeling with anger and confusion.
     
    The next evening she was thrilled to be invited to a funding meeting. This was basically a meeting to celebrate some of the new investments that The Wrecking Crew was giving the green light to. They had one of these dinner parties every three months to celebrate and congratulate the winners who had been chosen to go into business with the investors.
    Sophia had received the phone call about being chosen and then she was invited to the dinner during the same phone call. She was flabbergasted and so thrilled that she almost dropped the phone, but she was able to control herself and thank the secretary who made the call. Then she screamed and jumped up and down for a few minutes. She could not believe that she had been chosen.
    The rest of the day had been filled with thoughts of unparalleled success and riches that were soon going to be hers. She thought that Brad might have blown it with his asshole ways, but luckily she had been able to hang in there and give it her best shot without his stupid distractions. The others were probably used to it and she knew that if he was not so good at what he did they would have tossed him out on his keyster a long time ago. She was hoping she might get to see that yet.
    Why was she even thinking about the jerk? For some reason his face had been popping into her head at random times since the meeting. Was it because she was still so pissed off about what he had done? Was it because every time she thought about it she wanted to strangle the bastard?
    She had to get over it. She knew that. Like it or not she was going to be sort of working with him now since he was part of the team that was financing her business now. That meant that she had to find a way to at least tolerate the prick. That was a tall order, but Sophia had never been the type to shy away from a fight. If he wanted to mess with her then she would mess with him right back. That was for sure.
     
    The dinner party was amazing and Sophia found that she was having a great time getting to know the other business owners there. She had not had much time to speak one on one with any member of The Crew, but she was not sure if that was necessarily a bad thing. She did not want to crowd them and bug the hell out of them like some of the others were doing. It made them seem desperate and obvious, as if they were terrified that something was going to go wrong and The Crew was going to back out.
    This thought had crossed Sophia’s mind as well, but she knew that she had to act like she belonged. She was in business with these people; she was not their employee. She was equal to them and she did not need their approval. That was the image she felt she had projected in the meeting and that was the image she intended to keep in their presence. They were helping her just as much as she was helping them. If they didn’t have a business to invest in then they had no way to grow their money. It was a win-win situation for all involved and the more she thought about it the happier she became.
    She was enjoying talking to a guy named Troy Johnson when she saw Brad walking towards her. He had a weird smirk on his face and she was not sure how to take his approach. The look in his eyes was almost predatory while the smile on his face said that he knew a secret that no one else did. She did not want him to say