Free The Billionaire’s Tenacious Boss (The Maxfield Brothers Series Book 1) by Leslie North Page B

called you here to help me save Duncan Enterprises, not so that you can be seduced by the woman who is trying to run it into the ground,” Gabe snapped.
    Stephen raised his eyebrows. “What happened to the Gabe who said that Angie was good for the company? Weren’t you the one who said that you didn’t have an issue with her being Senior VP?”
    Gabe sighed and sat back in his chair. He fiddled with a stress ball while Nathan tapped on the desk with his fingertips. “You know, I’m good at my job. I’ve had so many offers to leave this company and take my talents elsewhere. If Duncan Enterprises went under, it would be no skin off my nose. Especially since Angie is VP. Nothing would reflect badly on me, and I’d finally be able to do whatever I wanted.”
    “And what do you want to do?”
    “I want to have a job where I’m respected,” Gabe snapped.
    “So why did you call me here to save the company if you don’t give a shit if it goes under?” Stephen asked softly.
    “Professional integrity. What kind of businessman am I if I let the firm go under without doing more to save it,” he said finally.
    “And it has nothing to do with family?” Stephen asked curiously. There was still something Gabe wasn’t telling him.
    Gabe ignored him. “I found this in the printer in her office,” he said as he slid a piece of paper across the desk.
    Stephen didn’t move to pick it up. “Why were you in her office?”
    “She was supposed to get me some reports on Friday, but she never came back to the office. This morning I went to pick them up, but she wasn’t in. But the office was unlocked.” There was no apology in Gabe’s voice.
    “And the files were in the fax machine?”
    “It took some time for me to find what I was looking for,” Gabe challenged. “So I checked the fax machine, I thought maybe she might have scanned them into the computer to email them to me.”
    Stephen stared at the sheet of paper. Whatever it was, he didn’t want to pick it up. Gabe wouldn’t give him something of Angie’s unless it was incriminating. That much was certain. And Stephen wasn’t sure he wanted to see it.
    But he had a job to do, and Gabe obviously thought it was important. With a sigh, he reached over to pick up the piece of paper.
    “Shit,” he said softly. “She shouldn’t be giving out this kind of information.” It was a detailed report on the ongoing projects and possible future projects. “Where was this going?”
    “I checked the log, but there weren’t any faxes sent from her office on Friday. So I can only assume she hasn’t sent it yet. I made this copy and left the original in the printer. I’ve asked IT to send me a report of all faxes sent from her office today.”
    “Isn’t that a bit ridiculous?” Nathan chimed in.
    It did seem excessive, Stephen thought, but if Angie was sending this kind of information to other companies, they needed to know. He looked at Gabe. “What do you want to do?”
    “If the three of us vote her out, many of the board members are likely to follow suit. Duncan will have no choice but to fire her,” Gabe pointed out.
    “And elect you the new VP?” Nathan said. “This sounds incredibly selfish. Not to mention that it would be a huge political mistake. The press would be all over us.”
    “So you’d rather let her take the company apart than face some scrutiny from the public?” Gabe snapped.
    “Hold on,” Stephen said, putting his hands up to calm things down. “Let’s think about this rationally. Gabe, I think we can all agree that you deserve to run this company. The fact that Duncan doesn’t want you at the top probably means something, but there’s nothing that we can do about that right now.”
    “We should stop her now before she gives out this kind of information,” Gabe insisted.
    “But then we wouldn’t know what she was planning,” Stephen reasoned. “Just because she had a piece of paper in the printer doesn’t mean that she’s