Husband With Benefits

Demetri sat at the head of the conference table, flanked by Ian on one side and Lucien on the other as Seb took his place, his piercing gaze locking onto Elena’s as she settled into her seat with an air of smug satisfaction.

Elena looked at the three brothers and smirked as she took the seat on the opposite end. Very soon, she would make sure that Demetri would not be able to take that chair again.

With a thin smile at Demetri, venom dripping in every word, she murmured," I hope you don’t mind, Demetri. Business is business. As for Gabe, he needed to be elsewhere so he had to transfer his stocks to me."

A cold smile played on Demetri’s lips, his voice steady. "You mean the power of attorney to his stocks, Mrs. Winthrope."

"That’s splitting hairs, Demon," she retorted dismissively. "I have the complete power of attorney, to do with them as I want."

The silence that followed was simmering with resentment and anger as Elena leaned back and waited for Demetri to refute.

"So, what is it that you want to do?" Ian, broke the silence as he looked at the stock holders, his question direct. He’d already investigated them and knew that most of them were simply dummy holders for Elena, who’d been planning this for a long time. While the remaining few had their own agendas.

Elena smirked at Ian," I like how you want to get this over with, so I’ll be direct. When you liquidated your stocks previously, you reduced your percentage for each of you, maintaining your majority by combining your ten percent each. But,I now have Gabe’s stocks which brings your share to fifty percent instead of sixty seven percent. So, while that might not make e majority, it puts us at an exual footing. Neat, isn’t it."

Lucien smiled at that," Thank you for breaking that down for us, Mrs Winthrope. We would not have been able to calculate that otherwise."