Nick let out something quite similar to a growl under his breath. He was not only furious with Andrew Davies, he was also furious with himself, since he could not believe that he had allowed himself to fall into such a mistake like that.

“What could you possibly want but money?” he asked angrily.

“Shares. I want that money in company shares. Either you give me some of yours or you find someone else who wants to sell them to me... but I want Bennet Designs shares.”

“You want to destroy my company?” Nick spat at him.

“Destroy it? No. You've already taken care of that all by yourself. But I'd like to add a design studio to my already diversified capital.” Andrew shrugged. “It's either that or the money deposited in my account by tomorrow morning, with a nice press conference declaring your bankruptcy. It’s up to you!”

Nick was thoughtful for a few minutes. He had inherited fifty percent of the company's stock from his father, automatically making him the CEO and senior partner. Hi